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The northern defender of Persepolis remembers the happy moment of Vahid Amiri’s goal as one of the most memorable frames of his football career.

Farshad Faraji, from the derby game onward, in which he had a brilliant performance and was associated with the victory of the capital’s red-faced team, had a different performance in the Persepolis lineup and scored the only goal of his team in the Al-Gharafa game, and in the game against Gol Gohar, he also became the foundation of Persepolis’ valuable victory. .

You can read Farshad Faraji’s comments after the important victory of Persepolis.

First, talk about the game with Gol Gohar and the three valuable points you scored.

Gol Gohar has been a stubborn team in recent years and we needed three points in order to remain at the top of the table. It was an extremely difficult game and it is not easy to get three points. We had a good analysis and created a position based on this analysis. Thank God we get three points.

and about yourself; I think that when you were noticed by Yahya and Persepolis, you were on the right side of the Mashhad phenomenon and were following the good days?

I played most of the games on the right side before I joined Persepolis. Due to the conditions at that time, Persepolis did not have a central defense, so I played in this position. Most of my football career I was on the right side. In the two matches of Shahr Khodro against Persepolis, I was in the right defense, and in this position I also scored a goal against Persepolis.

The process of your presence on the right side of Persepolis was interesting. You yourself are talking about whose proposal was it?

At the beginning of the season, when Mr. Garrido arrived, he gave sheets to all the players and asked us to write down all our characteristics, including the positions we can play in. It was natural that I also wrote the presence on the right side. There were interesting polls in it. In a private meeting, I talked with each other about this and the right defense post. I think it was before the match with Aluminum that Ayoub was injured and they used me with the advice of Mr. Seyed (Jalal Hosseini). Since then I have played in this post.

I think you will like the game in this post more. You experienced a lot of pressure during these seasons and now the situation is completely in your favor in your specialized post.

No, there was no pressure. Everyone has their own point of view. At that time, when I was playing central defense, I tried to have a positive performance and do what the coach wants, no less and no more. I try to follow my work towards the success of the team and never think about myself. But playing on the right side, in addition to defensive work, I can have influence and be more effective. I am very comfortable here and every game is getting better and now I am really satisfied.

It seems that Garrido was also surprised and did not expect you to be so honest!

I don’t know and go ask yourself! Mr. Garrido has a close relationship with all the players, but I try to focus on my work and do not get involved in these issues.

Against Golgohar, you assisted a goal in a situation where you had a technical move and you took the opponent’s defender out of the flow of the game. To be honest, it was unlikely from you!

In that scene, we took the ball from the opponent with a team work and a good press, and by keeping the ball and circulating the ball, we brought it to the opponent’s field, and I saw a suitable space to move and penetrated. Before the ball reached me, I turned my back to the opponent’s goal and saw that the defender behind me was coming to my left to block the movement of my lane, so to speak. This is usually the case, but I decided to go inside and everything turned out well, and God helped me to provide an assist and three points were important. Of course, Mr. Vahid was added very well and everything went well.

The happiness of your flower was also interesting. It’s really a memorable event that Mr. Vahid waxed his stock symbolically after the goal assist.

I was sitting next to Mr. Vahid in the dressing room. I told him, Mr. Vahid, you didn’t score two goals, but be sure you will score in the second half and don’t doubt it. Everything went hand in hand until I assisted the goal. At the time of the goal, I said to him, “Did you see?” I said, “You are scoring a goal, Mr. Vahid” and I gave the pass myself. Mr. Vahid said for a moment, put your foot on my knee and I was really embarrassed. I told him no, he insisted, and that happy flower was formed and it really became a memorable event.

But you also gave him the assist for Mr. Vahid’s goal last week and the meeting with Al-Gharafa that he gave you.

Agha Vahid’s assist and the hand he threw was really gold and it was a pity that he didn’t score. It was unique and the assist was perfect and thank God that I scored this assist.

In the last 10 minutes, why did you play with your injury and not worry about something happening?

In the 80th minute, I think that the opposing player fell on my ankle and all his weight was on my ankle. It was very painful and this was the injury that happened three seasons ago in the game against Aluminum and on my wrist. I could not continue the game and at that moment our substitution was done. I looked and saw that there were no players behind the goal and I realized that the substitution was over and I had no choice but to continue the game anyway. I tried to keep my space until these minutes passed.

It seems difficult for you to work in the right defense. Considering the rules and foreign competitors, it is natural to play so that the quota does not burn. What are your plans for central defense and right defense?

I don’t do anything! I’m just trying, what I’ve always been taught to do is to try and do my best in training and the rest is the manager’s opinion. With all the coaches I have worked with, it has been to respect their taste and my duty is to train hard.

Why is Garrido so cold and icy? Is it the same with you?

No, it’s like boiling water with us! It is closely related to children. But everything is before entering the field, whether during training or competition. At that time, it is very serious and obsessive. But outside it is quite funny.

Can we really believe that he is joking with this face and behavior?

Yes, sometimes he makes his own jokes with the kids and as I said, he is a very kind and warm person outside of training and competition time. He has an interesting personality.

Well, the only thing the fans haven’t seen yet is Garrido’s laugh. I remember one game you were leading by two nil and it was the last second when the ball was lost, he got so angry as if you had lost the game.

It doesn’t matter to him, you have to be the best in the game and the same in practice. All moments of the game are important to him. All the balls are important for him, whether in the first second or the last minute, and this is his strategy. It is the same in practice. We don’t see his smile during our training and competition, but come after that and you will see his laugh and joke.

I think that you had worked with Javad Nekonam with this style of rough coach and as you can tell, the PlayStation handle. It looks the same!

No, it is not that strict and gives a series of tasks and asks you to do them one by one during the game.

When Ali Nemati left Persepolis claiming that he wanted to join the national team, we thought it was a joke or rather an excuse. But he got what he wanted. Last season, you considered yourself entitled to participate in the national team and you claimed that you missed your right to play because of Georgi playing in Euro. How is the situation now and what do you think about it?

I actually thought that I would be invited for this camp, but in any case, the opinion of the technical staff and Mr. Ghale Nooyi is respected. Well, whenever the time is right and they have a positive view of me, I am ready to help the national team of my country. Of course, they gave their own plans and views, and I have no opinion on this matter, and my only duty is to increase my efforts. I really like to be in the national team and I hope to achieve this sweet event.

And let’s get to Asia. What is the knot of your team in Asia that you don’t get the desired result?

I also said after this game that we will go up without a doubt. I am still on my word and I am sure we will climb. We are among the best in terms of creating situations and playing style, and according to statistics, we are the third team. You see, with these big teams that spent a lot of money and got players from all over Europe, we are among the top three teams in terms of quality statistics. Definitely, football bad luck befell us and this card will come back. We will win the next two games against Al-Ryan and Sharteh and we will advance with these conditions.

Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal are very difficult and impossible?

For now, we have to see the upcoming games. We have to win the next two games against our direct opponents and there is no other way, and of course I have no doubts. These two upcoming games are more important than Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal. We are not a closed team and we have our own plan for these two teams, but first we have to think about the elimination cup and then the elite league against these two teams.

How about in the league? What are your chances of winning?

Now is not the time to talk about these issues. Almost a third of the last season and important games are left and we have a breather in the second half of the season. It is early now and our focus is on the upcoming game against Mes Songun and the next two games in the elite league. For now and in the last few seasons, we progressed game by game, and in recent seasons you saw that the champion is determined in the final week, and it is wrong to talk about the championship from now on.