#309: Arya Allahverdi on Iran, player unrest, a starting XI & Iranian football

Scuffed | USMNT, World Cup, Yanks Abroad, futbol in America

Adam Belz

American Soccer, Sports, Youth National Teams, Mls, Soccer, Us Soccer, Yanks Abroad, U20 National Team, Usmnt, U17 National Team, Men's National Team

4.7 • 922 Ratings

🗓️ 17 August 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Arya Allahverdi, who runs the Gol Bezan podcast, joins the pod to discuss an Iranian national team that's had its share of controversy, mostly surrounding the coach, Dragan Skočić, who was sacked and then un-sacked this summer after a poor friendly against Algeria. But Iran has several talented players, particularly in the attack, and Allahverdi thinks they'll come out and play at the World Cup, especially against the U.S. He also gives his preferred starting XI.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Scuff Podcast where we talk about US soccer. Our guest today is Aria Alaverdi, an Iranian living in Glasgow who runs the Gold Bazan
0:22.1	podcast which is focused on the Iranian
0:24.4	national team you'll find the link in the show notes check it out welcome are you
0:28.2	thanks a lot Adam I appreciate your time for having me on your show hopefully we can speak about some good things related to this World Cup in November.
0:39.7	I'm excited.
0:41.5	What does, first of all, what does Goul Bizan mean?
0:43.6	I mean, I think I know what goal means, but what does Bousan mean?
0:46.1	Yeah, so Goul, just means Goult, the way you would spell it in the Spanish language.
0:52.1	Bézan, well, it's kind of hard to just put Bezan.
0:54.8	Bezan is like, it means to hit,
0:57.2	but it also means to like, in this phrase,
1:00.4	it would mean to score a goal, you know, to strike a goal to score a goal.
1:04.8	So it's like more like a phrase.
1:06.7	So essentially it's like the score a goal podcast if you were to put in English
1:11.7	Buka, we just keep the farcy. Let's get right into it. if you were to put in English. Okay.
1:13.0	We just keep the farcy.
1:14.0	Let's get right into it.
1:15.0	What was the whole deal with the coach, Skocich,
1:18.0	being fired and then unfired a week later?
1:22.0	I'm not even sure that's an exactly correct characterization but can you clear that up for us?
1:26.8	You know he was yes he was he was dismissed you know the board of directors in the Federation of Football of Iran decided to sack him or dismiss him,
1:38.5	including the Sports Ministry, which is the governing body of sport within Iran. They also chose
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