The Esteghlal Khuzestan Herald
Squad18 Oct 2027
The knee: Mohammad Ebrahimi out for 34 days
34 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Esteghlal Khuzestan lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
Ehsan Kheradpishe says Esteghlal Khuzestan went back on their word
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market18 Oct 2027
Ahmad Savari is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Esteghlal Khuzestan is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match16 Oct 2027
No end in sight to Esteghlal Khuzestan's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Esteghlal Khuzestan has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad18 Oct 2027
A falling-out at Esteghlal Khuzestan
Mohammad Sharifi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Player ratings18 Oct 2027
Gabriel Carvalho ran the middle of the pitch — 6.85
He won it back and then made something of it, which is two jobs and the reason the scoreline looks the way it does. 14 combined actions and a mark of 6.85, and not one of them will make a highlights package.
Squad18 Oct 2027
Words at Esteghlal Khuzestan training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh 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.
Match16 Oct 2027
A bad afternoon for Esteghlal Khuzestan against Persepolis
0‑2 to Persepolis, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
The dugout18 Oct 2027
No hiding place for Mohammad Javad Kia
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohammad Javad Kia, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Omar Badarneh wants to go home
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- The dugout Ashkan Rashedi knocks on the manager's door