The failures of the Iranians ended after the replacement of the unlucky striker.
Iranian striker Serdar Azmoun, familiar to Russian fans from playing in the Premier League for Rubin, Rostov and Zenit, cannot take this season to his credit. Recently, the striker almost does not play for Bayer Leverkusen.
But in recent years, Azmoun has been considered the main star of the Iranian team, and she counted on the player’s help in a difficult situation.
It is all the more paradoxical that Azmoun helped Iran … with his departure from the field.
The current season is not going well for Serdar Azmun. Forward and can not fully adapt to the championship in Germany. As part of the Lions, the Iranian has not scored a single goal since the start of the championship. In addition, in October he suffered a muscle injury, due to which he missed the last matches of the Bundesliga.
Azmoun did not prepare for the World Cup in Qatar either, but the head coach of the Iranian national team, Carlos Queiroz, included the striker in the final application for the 2022 World Cup. Initially, it was clear that Serdar was not functionally ready by the beginning of the tournament. In the first game against England, the coaching staff did not dare to release him in the starting lineup. The striker appeared on the field only at the end of the game, but he did not mark anything special.
As a result of the meeting with the British, it was already clear that Serdar was out of shape, but Queiroz decided to take a chance and released the striker from the very first minutes of the match with Wales. However, already in the 26th minute, the striker fell to the lawn: his leg muscles were corny. Usually this happens with poorly prepared players at the end of the match, but here it was less than a third of the meeting.
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The doctors who ran out onto the field put Serdar on his feet, freezing the muscle that was experiencing spasms, and he was able to play until the break. During the pause, doctors and masseurs worked with the attacker. He went into the second half with no apparent problems.
In the 53rd minute, Serdar created a very dangerous moment, making a quick dash after a cutting pass. But luck was not on the attacker’s side either – the ball hit the post. A few moments later, he had another reinforced concrete chance, but finishing off with his head after a partner shot at the post was unsuccessful.
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It’s a shame, but Azmun’s troubles didn’t end there either. At the 58th minute, the muscles of the legs again made themselves felt. This time, the doctors had to conjure much longer on the football player, but he still continued the match, holding out for another ten minutes.
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During this period, Serdar suffered more than he played, and did not even fight for riding balls. Infinitely, this could not continue, and in the 68th minute he was replaced.
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With Azmoun on the field, Iran had a big game advantage, but the scoreboard was lit up with dull zeros. The goals came only after Carlos Queiroz finally replaced Serdar. In extra time, Ruzbeh Cheshmi and Ramin Rezaeyan scored two goals, giving the Iranians an important victory.
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Head coach of Crystal Palace Oliver Glazner he confirmed that he will leave the team at the end of the season. The Austrian coach will not renew his contract, which expires in June.
Glazner took over at Palace in February 2024. In 2025, he led the team to their first major trophy, beating Manchester City in the FA Cup final. Later in August, Crystal Palace also won the FA Super Cup.
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Donetsk Shakhtar player Egor Nazarina commented on the draw in the Conference League match against Rijeka (0:0).
“We did not see the realization of the moments. There were moments that could have been scored, but unfortunately they were not accelerated by the blessings that they were. I respect you, we spent this match poorly, and the most important are the ones who moved on.”
This was our job, we wanted to complete it in the first century, and we died, so it’s good for you. If they had told us five months ago when the tournament started that we would be in the first week, I think we would have been in good shape straight away. Vikonali ce zavdanya – in ce nagolovnish.
What is the moral and moral aspect after six months of working so hard? Well, a little. Moving steadily while you are old, you know, it is not easy for you. But we won’t complain. We miss playing in the European cups, so there is nothing to complain about. We are happy that we suffer from, you might say, fatigue. When we are released immediately, we are excited and ready for training.
The first half of the season was difficult, but in the end it was positive. We completed our work at the Liza conferences – they passed, we are also in the lead with the championship – we share first place with however many points. I’ll say it again: if we had been told that five months ago, I respect that we would have been fit for those positions, as we did in both the European Cup and the Ukrainian Championship. I think we will continue to add more and in the other half of the season we will show even better results than the first.
I would like to thank the patients for their support in this difficult hour for us. This is the most important thing. Bless them with holy, healthy family well-being, and faith and belief in our victory, in the ZSU. They are the same – without them nothing would have happened. Once again: believe in our victory and have a peaceful sky above your head!
On Football.ua A video review of the Shakhtar – Rijeka match is available to watch.
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Head coach Noah Sandro Perkovic commented on his team’s defeat against Dynamo (0:2) in the sixth round of the main round of the Conference League.
Our mentor exclaimed in front of his players about the club’s historic achievements:
“First of all, I would like to say a word of thanks to our Gravians and greet the team. For the first time in history, Noa reached the play-offs of the European Cup tournament. This is a great achievement not only for the club, but also for Ukrainian football. We are further collapsing,” Perkovich said.
Speaking of the match itself, the coach welcomed Dynamo to victory and expressed the high level of respect for the opponent:
“The team looked very solid in the beginning, caused a number of unsafe moments, but could not open the door. I said before the match that Dynamo is a great club. In matches with such teams, many mistakes can be made. Today they punished us for this,” said the mentor.
Perkovich emphasized that his team was not surprised by the defeat of the Kiev club:
“Dynamo has not suffered at all. This is a very good team, which clearly plays in defense and has a wide variety of tactical plans. Perhaps we did not realize that the stench is so fragrant from the first days of the century and blessed for the decade and in attack,” the coach added.
He also famously said that Noah wasted no energy for a positive outcome:
“We attacked, pressed, tried to earn as much as possible. So we could have played more than ten times under the hour from the opponent’s overhead passes, but I won’t say we played badly. Dynamo just showed very good football today,” Perkovich summarized.
In the group stage of the Conference League, Noah scored all points in six games and took 19th place. This result allowed the Virmen club to reach the 1/16 finals of the LK.
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