“Hilati” managers in football; 6 problems that bothered Esteghlal in the half season

According to Mehr's reporter, Esteghlal Tehran football team finished the first half of the Premier League season in a situation where they took 10th place with 18 points and struggled with various instabilities. This team once handed over the leadership of the bench from Nekonam to Musimane and faced changes in the management level once and finally failed to get a good result.

Alireza Pourmand, football expert and former player and coach of national teams, in a conversation with Mehr reporter, examined the conditions of the Esteghlal team in the first half of the competition season and also pointed out some management problems that exist in the football structure of our country and considered this issue as the most important. considered the cause of weakening football.

It is too early for complete despair

Statistics and figures are usually considered as one of the indicators through which the performance of teams can be evaluated. Currently, the statistics show that Esteghlal has gained 18 points and is in the 10th place, but we should not forget that there is not much difference with the higher teams in terms of points and it is still too early for complete disappointment.

Esteghlal is the best scorer

I think the Esteghlal team is aware that it could not meet the expectations. If we want to check the reason for this, we must mention some things. Esteghlal does not have a scorer. The best scorer of this team is the defender Ramin Rezaian, who scored 3 of his 4 goals from the penalty spot, and there is currently no striker in the team.

18 scored goals is too much for Esteghlal

This team has not been able to perform well in the defensive line and 18 goals scored for Esteghlal in one half season is a lot. Few years have passed when the goals scored by this team are less than the goals conceded. I believe that when a team scores a lot of goals, it is not only the defender or the goalkeeper who are to blame, and in this situation, the team's defense is in trouble.

The negative impact of Azadi Stadium

Another reason why Esteghlal could get a better result and did not is the unavailability of Azadi Stadium. Azadi is the home ground of Esteghlal and Persepolis, and maybe the members of this team cannot establish a close relationship with the Martyrs Stadium in Quds and consider it as their home.

The more spectators there is, the more passion and excitement prevails in the game, and the home team suffers due to the unavailability of Azadi Stadium. Many players of Esteghlal and Persepolis are national team players and are used to this stadium. The fans are used to attending Azadi Stadium and Azadi is an effective factor for these two teams.

The more the audience, the more enthusiasm and the better. I think the host will suffer. They have been playing freely for years. Spectators like to watch the game in freedom. For these two teams, success can be a factor.

Bodybuilding problem in Esteghlal team

In addition, it seems that the team's bodybuilding had a problem. Esteghlal scored a lot of goals in the final minutes, and in such a situation, physical fitness can be one of the factors affecting this issue.

The age of Esteghlal players is high

The next issue is the age of Esteghlal players. In this team, foreign players are all over 30 years old. Prominent domestic players are over 30 years old. At 26 years old, Jalali is the youngest player in the team. Although experience is a blessing for the team, a combination of young and experienced gives the team freshness and vitality. In independence, experience prevails over youth. Experience is a blessing for every team, but every team needs a young and motivated force.

We do not have good foreigners in Iranian football

According to the ranking table of the Premier League, the two teams Tractor and Sepahan are in high ranks, and in addition to issues such as physical fitness and team conditions, every coach should be open to picking the team, and if these two teams are able to get results, the players have had a good

But in general, when we look at the issue of foreign players outside of Iranian football and compare them at the level of Asia, comparing foreign players who enter other countries with foreign players in the Premier League, we understand that good foreign players do not come to Iran. . Financial issues and current problems affect this, but in any case, you get what you spend.

Compare our league with the league of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. The players who enter Iran are all old and cannot easily go to other countries. It seems that we are using players at a lower level, but at this low level, Traktor has been able to have better support.

Independence has the capacity to succeed

In addition to these issues, we should not forget that Esteghlal is a team that was able to play a very good game against Al Ahli. He had a brilliant performance against Foulad and in this last game against Sepahan, he also performed well, and this shows that Esteghlal has the capacity to play good football and get a positive result.

Management tension and team weakness

I think another problem that Esteghlal is dealing with and that may have affected the performance of the team was management tensions.

“Highlight managers” in football

I have a lot of arguments for management in football. The fact that our football is backward and no one enjoys it is neither the player's fault nor the coach's nor the audience's fault. It is the football management that is to blame, and the rest of the problems arise from management problems.

Most of our football managers are not football managers highlight are in the sense that he saw the games on TV are But they don't know football players. They do not understand the behavior of football and are not familiar with the ethics and conditions of football. This issue has caused many people to leave this cycle because the manager has not been able to make a decision and add a football player to the team.

In recent years something positive has happened and a sports director has been added to the clubs who has a football background. But these sports managers do not have the right to sign and make decisions, and it is an advisory post. If the football managers are football players, not only will the costs go up so much, but also the right will be given to the rightful.

Football should be entrusted to football players

In our teams, the board of directors is not sports. The board decides to change the coach. The question is, on what basis has the head coach changed? Did all the teams that changed the head coach get results? I think the country's administration should make a decision at the macro level and leave football in the hands of football players.

Political and economic people were supposed to help football, but I think our football problems are because of these people. Football players may have problems with each other, but they reconcile and solve problems. But such people also ruin the relationships of football players. Football players have no choice but to defend their managers. Football players must enter the management cycle. These people know football and this is the only way for football to succeed.