With the TV black out of football matches in Iran after the dispute between FFIRI and the official broadcaster IRIB over broadcast rights, no matches was transmitted live last week and it seems that the confrontation between the two parties will prolong even further.

Perhaps many fans will be upset by this blackout, however this could send more of them to watch the matches in the stadium, although only 5000 fans turned out to watch Persepolis in Azadi last game which was blacked out. Amongst the stakeholders who will be hurt by this TV black out is Team Melli coaching staff headed by Carlos Queiroz.

The Portuguese has not been much of a fan of domestic football and does not value the Iranian league much. His appearances in Azadi to watch matches are quite rare and in one or two cases he was even caught off yawing or dozing during the matches. However, Queiroz always claims that his assistants are always collecting videos of the matches for analysis or attend in person to look for new talents.

With the lack of TV coverage, Queiroz assistants need to be hyper active to watch the matches across Iran, something that seems to be out of reach for the coaches in practical terms.

While some critics are alarmed that Queiroz and his team of assistants will be deprived of watching up and coming players for Team Melli, there are others that believe that the TV black out will not affect Team Melli at all as Queiroz will stick to his old guard of tried and trusted players. Those would be the players he took to the World Cup. Inclusion of the new faces for the Portugal camp was just a cosmetic operation as it is hardly improbable that Queiroz will make a major change in his lines up, according to the other camp.