The Saipa Gazette
Player ratings6 Dec 2027
Nobody could get near Mohammad Omri
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match4 Dec 2027
The wait goes on for Saipa
5 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Mohammad Omri in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Saipa this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Words at Saipa training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Alejo Antilef is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad6 Dec 2027
Ehsan Rezaeian out for 22 days
The medical room confirms 22 days on the sidelines for Ehsan Rezaeian, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad6 Dec 2027
No hiding place for Amir Hossein Yahyazadeh
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Amir Hossein Yahyazadeh, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Match Point won or two lost for Saipa?
- Boardroom Saipa pull $2.9M back off the table
- Market The Ramin Ghoddos question follows Saipa around
- Loan watch 2 goals on loan for Ali Kolahkaj