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Shamsaee set to shine in Asia again

 

Source: The-AFC.com Print E-mail
Vahid Shamsaei Iran FutsalKuala Lumpur: Iranian futsal maestro Vahid Shamsaee, who missed the 2010 AFC Futsal Championship in Uzbekistan, is all set to make a return at the continental futsal scene again in Dubai this month.The 37-year-old veteran was famously left out of the squad in Tashkent event which Iran ultimately won in his absence prompting the speculations over his future in continental as well as world futsal.

Speaking to the-afc.com after Iran lifted the trophy for the record 10 times, the two-time Asian futsal player of the year had said: “I have the hunger. I want another trophy, another MVP and another top goal-scorer title.”

Shamsaee’s dream could be fulfilled as he is expected to feature in the AFC Futsal Championship starting in Dubai on May 25. Though Iran’s hegemony will face stern tests from Japan, Uzbekistan and other emerging nations in the ranks of Thailand, Australia, Qatar but they are firm favorites to lift the trophy they conceded only once to Japan in 2006.

Shamsaee has another chance to shine in the continent as his club side Sanaye Giti Pasand is playing in the AFC Futsal Club Championship exactly one month after the Dubai event.

Shamsaee joined Giti Pasand last year after a three-year spell in Foolad Mahan.

Shamsaee has won almost all the individual titles a futsal player can get. He holds the record of seven time topsocrers’ honours in AFC Futsal Championship. He was also adjudged the MVP of the three AFC Futsal Championships in 2005, 2007 and 2008.

He also bagged the individual award of MVP and highest goal scorer in Foolad Mahan’s win in inaugural AFC Club Futsal Championship in 2010.

Iran is in Group B alongside Australia, Korea Republic and Qatar and they will begin their campaign on May 25 against Korea Republic. Shamsaee’s Giti Pasand will face Qatar’s Al Rayyan, hosts Yarmouk FC and Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam in Group A of the Asian Club Futsal Championship in Kuwait in July.

Kafashian and the rift with Queiroz!

The President of the Iran’s Football Federation appreciated the action of the disciplinary Committee for restoring the two points that was deducted from Perspolis.

During the election of Lorestan football Board , Ali Kafashian spoke to the  reporters about the rumors of a rift between himself and the Portuguese head coach of Team Melli. He said that Carlos Queiroz is a professional coach under contract with IFF . Queiroz intends to fulfill his obligation and continue working with the team all the way to the World Cup in Brazil.  Queiroz is determined to pursue the work that has started”

About the supposed rift between the two , Kafashian said  “arranging friendly games for the national team involves long negotiations , difficult logistical problems and is time-consuming activity. In some cases a situation arises in which weak teams request to play matches against us while on our side we look for more demanding oppositions. In all cases we address these requests and finalize the details after the approval of Team Melli’s technical panel as they hold the final say. Half of the preparations and organization of friendly matches is within our own control and hence we do always look to engage strong teams , unfortunately the other 50%  do not normally agree for such games to be held.”

It seems that the rift that has been talked about revolves around the subject of arranging friendly games in which there has been wide criticism due to the poor quality of the oppositions that has been chosen during Quierez tenure as head coach of Team Melli.

The President of the Football Federation in response to a question about how 2 points was deducted from Perspolis team due to disciplinary violation, and on what basis it was restored back , said: “Due to the situation that this club was going through , it was recommended to the Disciplinary Committee to revise the decision by appeal. This committee is an independent Committee and after long discussion, they finally agreed by 3 votes to 2 to reverse the 2 points deduction from Perspolis .”

Kafashian expressed his gratitude to the Appeal Committee for this voting and said that: “I appreciate this Appeal Committee decision , but they also reminded me that I should not recommended any  practice to them because that might lead to negative actions !”

 

 

Uzbeks publish confidential list of Iran’s players.

Queiroz on bench

The Iranians officials are extremely upset with the Uzbek Football federation  after they published the name of 33 Iranian players which the IFF has sent to Tashkent for Visa formalities. Omid Namazi , an assistant coach to Calrlos Queiroz has called that moved by the Uzbeks as “Unprofessional”.

The confidential list was purely for requesting visa and it was not meant to be published , Namazi was quoted. With one more round of the league still to play , it is obvious that the coaching staff has finalized the list . Such a move  could upset a few players who had the potential to be included  , according to Namazi.

Interestingly enough , the list includes the name of Ashkan Dejageh who is injured and very unlikely to accompany the squad to Tashkent in June.

 

Name

  1. AFSHIN , Arash
  2. AGHILI, Hadi
  3. ANSARIFARD, Karim
  4. DEJAGAH, Ashkan
  5. FROUZAN, Mohsen
  6. GHOLAMI, Mohammad
  7. GORDAN, Shehab
  8. HADDADIFAR, Ghassim
  9. HAGHIGHI, AliReza
  10. HAGHIGHI, Reza
  11. HAJSAFY, Ehsan
  12. HASSANZADEH , Ahmad
  13. HEYDARI, Khosrow
  14. HOSSEINI, Jalal
  15. JABBARI, Mojtaba
  16. KARIMI, Ali
  17. KHALATBARY, MohamadReza
  18. KHALILZADEH, Shojaa
  19. MAHINI, Hossein
  20. MEYDAVOUDI, Milad
  21. MONTAZERI. Pjman
  22. MOSALMAN, Mohsen
  23. NAJAFABADI, Mohammad Ghazi
  24. NEKOUNAM, Javad
  25. NOURI, Mohammad
  26. NOURI, Pejman
  27. NOUROZI, Reza
  28. POOLADI, Mehrdad
  29. RAHMATI, Mehdi
  30. REZAEI, Gholamreza
  31. TEYMOURIAN , Andranik
  32. ZANDI, Fereydoon
  33. ZARE , Maziyar

 

 

Ashkan Dejagah doubtful for Uzbekistan clash

 
Monday, 07 May 2012 17
dejagah_300x200Tehran: Iran forward Ashkan Dejagah is likely to miss Iran’s World Cup 2014 qualifier match against Uzbekistan on June 3, The Tehran Times reported.

Dejagah, who plays his club football for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga, suffered a hamstring injury while playing against Werder Bremen on Saturday prompting speculations of whether the striker would be fit enough to feature in Carlos Queiroz’s squad for the trip to Tashkent.

“Dejagah may return sooner than the Wolfsburg’s doctors have diagnosed. It is not impossible; it depends on his body’s ability to recover. But he will likely miss the match against Uzbekistan,” said Parhan Khanlari, the Iran national football team’s doctor.

Dejagah, who also played international football for Germany in age-group competitions, made his debut against Qatar earlier this year and scored a brace.

After travelling to Uzbekistan on June 3, Iran will take on Qatar on 12 June at home where Dejagah is expected to be fit.

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