Tag: FC Rostov

Sardar Azmoun injury concern.

Team Melli center forward Sardar Azmoun was injured and taken to hospital by an ambulance during Friday’s match between FC Rostov vs. Krylya Sovetov Samara in the Russian Premier League.

Sardar was substituted in for Dimitry Poloz in the 64th minutes. Rostov won 2-1 to climb the table to 4th place with 10 points from 6 matches.

Early report indicates a suspected injury to the arm, however no confirmation was given on his status. FC Rostov will be meeting Bayern Munich in their first ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League group stages.

Team Melli’s next game will be away to Uzbekistan on the 6th October in Matchday 3 of the FIFA WC Russia 2018 third round qualifiers. Iran is in the second place behind leaders Uzbekistan with 4 points. The Uzbek has two victories against Syria and Qatar.

CAS overturns FIFA verdict on Sardar Azmoun

Team Melli striker Sardar Azmoun,  has been handed the good news following arbitration of CAS . He will continue playing for FC Rostov.

Azmoun who spent 2015-16 season at FC Rostov on loan from Rubin Kazan, was supposed to return to the Tatars at the end of the season; however Rostov triggered the buyout clause in Azmoun’s contract. Rubin  Kazan denied this clause and demanded that Sardar report to duty at Kazan as he is officially still a Kazan Rubin player.

FIFA ruled for Kazan however Azmoun’s lawyer appealed the case to CAS.

Finally CAS ruled in favor of Azmoun overturning FIFA’s ruling and he is now included in Rostov’s UEFA Champions League third qualifying round squad for the game against Anderlecht on Tuesday.

Azmoun finished seventh in 2015-16 Russian Premier League top scorer list scoring nine goals in 23 appearances, despite getting half as much playing time as some other top scorers.
He was also voted as the fifth most valuable player of the league, narrowly behind players such as Fyodor Smolov, Moussa Doumbia, and Brazilian superstar Hulk.

Sardar Azmoun continues to excel

Team Melli’s forward, Sardar Azmoun is continuing to impress in the Russian league with his team FC Rostov. Azmoun , who is on loan with Rostov has just scored his 8th league goal against Ural on Monday to set up a thrilling final round of the Russian league.

CSKA Moscow is leading the table with 62 points with one match to go , while Azmoun’s FC Rostov is in hot pursuit in 2nd place with 60 points. Interestingly, in the final round CSKA Moscow will meet Azmoun’s original team Rubin Kazan on 21st May in Kazan. A win will secure them the Russian League title.

Meanwhile FC Rostov will not be travelling too far with an away match to Terek Grozny  lying 7th in the table. FC Rostov must win to stand any chance of catching  CSKA Moscow in case of a slip up  in Kazan.

 

Sardar Azmoun could be out for two weeks!

According to FC Rostov website , Sardar Azmoun has suffered an injury during his team’s game against Dynamo Moscova in round 14th of the Russian League. Azmoun came as a sub in the 76th minute but was later declared as injured. The club site confirmed that their Iranian center forward will be out for at least two weeks.

There is no word from Team Melli camp on the status of Azmoun yet.

Ezatollahi joins FC Rostov.

Saeid Ezatollahi Afagh Signed  a 4 year contract with the Russian Premier league team Rostov. Ezatollahi who has been with Spanish league club Atletico Madrid since August 2014 will join his Team Melli teammate Sardar Azmoun in Rostov.

The Bandar Anzali  born player played for the Lower division team of Atletico Madrid, but the team was relegated last season to the third tier of the Spanish league.

The 18 years old player has only recently made his debut for Team Melli in the 1-0 win against Uzbekistan in a friendly in Tashkent.

Rubin Kazan coach criticizes Azmoun behavior.

The head coach of the Russian Club Rubin Kazan , Rinat Bilyaletdinov, has criticized the attitude and behavior of his Iranian player Sardar Azmoun. The Team Melli forward who was on loan to  FC Rostov, has been creating excuses not to return to Kazan according to the Russian coach.

“I don’t know who advises this player, whether it is his family , friends , coaches or his manager, but whatever they are telling him is not right and not professional. ” Bilyaletdinov was quoted in an interview published by soccer.ru. “He is a Rubin Kazan player who was loaned to FC Rostov. It was his wish to play for that team in order to re-unite with his previous boss in Kazan. We had no objection and allowed him to go. Now that the loan period is over, he should be back to his team but he is refusing to do so! First he said he is injured, so we gave him a few days to recover, but now he is no-show.”

Rinat Bilyaletdinov added “Since the Asian Cup , this player’s attitude has changed to he worse. He is not acting professionally and he is costing my team wastage of time and resources. If he does not want to play for Rubin Kazan , he should be man enough to tell us directly so we can sort the issue out. No need to play such games in this level of professional football.”

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