In this episode we preview Iran vs. Turkmenistan for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifier and analyse the Team Melli squad list called up by Amir Ghalenoei. Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Arya Allahverdi & Daniel Kayal Editor: Arya Nourizadeh Graphics: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/IranFooty Arya Allahverdi - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Arya Nourizadeh - https://twitter.com/Twenty9United https://youtube.com/@Twenty9United Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #GolBezan #TeamMelli #AsianQualifiers #WeAre26

We interview Kahveh Zahiroleslam, a 21 year old Iranian/American striker, currently playing for STVV in the Belgian Pro League. Born in Saratoga, California, Zahiroleslam, formerly of Yale Men's Soccer & Chicago FC United has scored 5 goals this season in all competitions for Sint-Truidense which has caught the eye of many. Hosts Samson Tamijani and Arya Allahverdi spoke to Kahveh about his background; early days; Yale University; moving to Belgium; international career aspirations; representing Team Melli or USA; 2026 FIFA World Cup and more! Chapters: 00:00 - Kahveh Zahiroleslam introduction 00:46 - Zahiroleslam Gol Bezan Promo 00:53 - Player highlights @ Yale 01:43 - Pod welcome 03:07 - Family background, early life 06:18 - Following Team Melli growing up 09:10 - Getting recruited to Yale 11:13 - Experience with USL League 2 with Chicago FC United 13:36 - Playing in Belgium 17:00 - Objectives with STVV 19:12 - 2026 FIFA World Cup aspirations? 20:45 - Contact from national teams? 21:58 - National team preference, Iran or USA? 24:15 - Watching Iran in 2023 AFC Asian Cup 25:20 - Place in Team Melli? 27:02 - Steven Beitashour influence? 27:55 - Iranian-American footballers 30:06 - Fan questions  34:07 - Message to Iranian fans 35:15 - Conclusion 35:56 - Beitashour Promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Hosts: Samson Tamijani & Arya Allahverdi Guest: Kahveh Zahiroleslam Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Kahveh - https://instagram.com/kahvehzahir Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Arya - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #KahvehZahiroleslam #کاوه_ظهیرالاسلام #GolBezan

Iran are eliminated from the 2023 AFC Asian Cup by hosts Qatar in the semi-finals. Sina Sadrzadeh, Daniel Kayal and Erfan Hoseiny analyse the 2 - 3 defeat and discuss where Team Melli goes from here. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:09 - Mehdi Taremi post-match thoughts 00:49 - Alireza Jahanbakhsh post-match thoughts 01:50 - Panel reactions to loss 04:50 - Selected line up 07:30 - Omid Ebrahimi's last game 10:00 - Start to the game 11:44 - What would you have changed? 15:40 - Taremi's bad tournament 22:14 - Team Melli's pattern of letdowns 25:17 - Qatar's goals 32:32 - Excuses made 37:58 - Iran dominating 43:20 - Chances in stoppage time 47:20 - Amir Ghalenoei's selections 50:56 - What's next for Team Melli 54:10 - Conclusion 54:45 - Arash Markazi promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Daniel Kayal & Erfan Hoseiny Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro & Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/IranFooty Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

A historic day at the Education City Stadium as Team Melli defeated The Samurai Blue of Japan 2 - 1 to advance to the semi-finals of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup. A tidy finish by Mohammad Mohebi and a stoppage penalty from Alireza Jahanbakhsh meant Iran will face Qatar on February 7th. Sina Sadrzadeh, Daniel Kayal and Erfan Hoseiny analysed the victory and previewed the upcoming match. Chapters: 00:00 - Victorious reactions 00:35 - Intro 01:20 - Post-match player reactions 02:09 - Pod welcome, nervous feelings 04:35 - Starting XI vs. Japan 10:01 - Game plan for key players 14:56 - Going 1 - 0 down 18:22 - What changed at halftime? 20:50 - Coming from behind 26:51 - Credit to Amir Ghalenoei 29:20 - Equalizing goal by Mohammad Mohebi 33:30 - Winning PK 39:15 - Alireza Jahanbakhsh's leadership 43:08 - Sardar Azmoun stepping up 45:53 - Did Japan underperform? 50:10 - Players dedicating the win 52:35 - Preview: Iran vs. Qatar 52:45 - Who should play vs. Qatar 1:00:40 - Semi-final predictions 1:06:30 - Conclusion 1:08:08 - Saeid Ezatolahi promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Daniel Kayal & Erfan Hoseiny Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/IranFooty Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Team Melli were victorious over Syria after winning 5 - 3 (1 - 1) on penalties meant they advance to the quarter-finals of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup where they will face Japan on February 3rd. Host Sina Sadrzadeh with panelists Daniel Kayal and Erfan Hoseiny analyse the Iran victory over Syria, and preview the Iran vs. Japan game which key man Mehdi Taremi will be suspended for. Lastly, Arya spoke to Ben Maxwell of the J Talk Podcast on his thoughts on the big match on Saturday. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Ghoddos & Jahanbakhsh post-match comments 01:58 - Pod welcome from Qatar 03:39 - Japan vs. Bahrain review 06:02 - Analysis: Iran (5) 1 - 1 (3) Syria 08:00 - Khalilzadeh's performance 09:11 - Taremi's performance 10:41 - Underwhelming team play 13:01 - Beiranvand's performance 15:20 - Cheshmi's performance 18:10 - Change in momentum 22:06 - Addition of Ebrahimi 24:00 - Player expectations 26:01 - Winger situation 29:47 - Bad finishing 30:56 - Player availabilities 32:14 - Illnesses? 33:18 - Ideal lineup 36:44 - Team mentality 40:18 - Preview: Iran vs. Japan 47:24 - Arya interviews Ben Maxwell of J-Talk Pod 50:18 - Unavailable Japan players 57:16 - Match prediction 01:01:14 - Outro 01:02:03 - Saman Ghoddos promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Daniel Kayal & Erfan Hoseiny Guest: Ben Maxwell Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/IranFooty Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Ben - https://twitter.com/JTalkPod Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Team Melli advance to the knockout stages of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup where they will face Syria in the Round of 16 on January 31st. Host Arya Allahverdi with panelists Arya Nourizadeh and special guest Benjamin Nassiri analyse Iran's 2 - 1 victory over UAE which meant they topped Group C, goals coming from a Mehdi Taremi brace, both assisted by Sardar Azmoun. 00:00 - Intro 02:50 - Sardar Azmoun chances 06:05 - Ali Gholizadeh impact 10:00 - Azmoun-Taremi link-up 12:42 - Sadegh Moharrami injury 15:11 - Ramin Rezaeian + Team Spirit 16:50 - Hossein Kanaani mistakes 19:19 - Breaking down penalty 22:03 - Mehdi Taremi instant response 24:10 - Mohammad Mohebi goal disallowed? 27:30 - Defence allowing UAE goal 29:25 - Preview: Iran vs. Syria - Round of 16 34:10 - Defensive changes 38:28 - Predictions 39:20 - Bahrain or Japan in Quarter-Finals 42:38 - Other R16 matchups, potential Semi-Final opponents 44:00 - Fan Questions 47:10 - Outro Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Arya Allahverdi Panel: Benjamin Nassiri & Arya Nourizadeh Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Arya Allahverdi - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Benjamin - https://twitter.com/KinnunenNassiri Arya Nourizadeh - https://www.twitter.com/Twenty9United Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Team Melli defeats Hong Kong for the second time in three months and advances to the 2023 AFC Asian Cup knockout stage, but why did it feel more like a defeat? Host Samson Tamijani is joined by panelists Pezhman Pars and Sahand Salari who break down why the team performed badly and what can turn things around going forward. 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Welcome 02:21 - Initial reaction 10:48 - Adjustments needed 13:55 - Who gets benched 22:09 - Saeid Ezatolahi's play 24:11 - Amir Ghalenoei post-match comments 35:44 - Mehdi Taremi's performance 38:05 - Preview: Iran vs. UAE 43:25 - Potential 2nd Round opponents 46:40 - How to Watch 48:14 - Predictions 48:50 - Outro Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host & Editor: Samson Tamijani Panel: Pezhman Pars & Sahand Salari Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Pezhman - https://twitter.com/Iranskfotboll Sahand - https://www.twitter.com/salari_sahand Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Iran won their first match at the 2023 AFC Asian Cup 4 - 1 against Palestine. Goals coming from Karim Ansarifard, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Mehdi Ghayedi and Sardar Azmoun. In this episode we analyse Iran's victory with special guest Steven Beitashour joining the panel. We also preview Team Melli's 2nd group C match against Hong Kong on Friday. 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Steven's retirement 05:10 - Steven on 2015 Asian Cup 06:35 - Analysis: Iran 4 - 1 Palestine 15:50 - Defensive concerns 26:12 - Saman Ghoddos starpower 35:18 - Goals in first match 39:10 - Preview: Iran vs. Hong Kong 43:08 - Fan questions 53:36 - Outro 54:48 - Saman Ghoddos shout out Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Steven Beitashour & Arya Allahverdi Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Steven - https://www.instagram.com/sbeita33 Arya - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Preview of the 2023 AFC Asian Cup, Iran are in Group C with Palestine, Hong Kong and UAE. We discuss the 26-man squad list called up by Amir Ghalenoei, and analyse the friendly match against Burkina Faso which ended 2 - 1 in favour of Team Melli, goals coming from Mehdi Taremi and Omid Ebrahimi. Lastly, Samson spoke with Mansour Ebrahimzadeh, former Team Melli assistant coach for his thoughts on Iran at the Asian Cup. 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Analysis: Iran 2 - 1 Burkina Faso 07:50 - Squad list analysis 45:30 - Interview: Mansour Ebrahimzadeh 56:58 - Predictions & Preferred XIs 01:05:21 - Fan Questions 01:13:39 - Outro Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Samson Tamijani Panel: Arya Allahverdi & Daniel Kayal Guest: Mansour Ebrahimzadeh Graphic: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Arya - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Mansour - https://instagram.com/ebrahimzadehmansour Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #AsianCup #AsianCup2023 #TeamMelli

Gol Bezan remembers Melika Mohammadi, who was in the middle of a legendary career for women's football in Iran when she tragically died December 23 in a car crash that injured two teammates. We also discuss the latest in Team Melli player transfer rumors, assess legionnaire performances, and the status of PGPL clubs in the domestic league and AFC Champions League. 00:00 - Welcome 01:24 - Melika Mohammadi tragic death 03:38 - Taremi situation 08:57 - Azmoun situation 15:22 - Ghoddos situation 20:57 - Players in Greece 23:10 - Players in Turkey 25:50 - Players in UAE 28:30 - Players in Qatar 31:32 - Jahanbakhsh & Gholizadeh situations 33:26 - PGPL update 37:14 - Rezaeian & Moharrami 37:35 - Jalali call-up? 40:35 - PGPL stand-outs? 44:55 - ACL Clubs 49:03 - Sepahan's performance 52:45 - Next episode 53:10 - Outro Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Saemian Panel: Erfan Hoseiny & Daniel Kayal Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphics: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://twitter.com/Sinaa_sa Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Daniel - https://twitter.com/KayalDaniel Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #MelikaMohammadi

In this episode we analyse Iran's first two 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Hong Kong & Uzbekistan which ended 4 - 0 and 2 - 2, respectively. 00:00 - Intro 01:24 - Analysis: Iran 4 - 0 Hong Kong 06:15 - Player selection 07:20 - Amir Ghalenoei decisions 09:12 - Young players playing time 14:42 - Analysis: Iran 2 - 2 Uzbekistan 28:15 - Individual playmakers 31:15 - Fan questions 50:07 - Outro Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host: Sina Sadrzadeh Panel: Arya Allahverdi & Sahand Salari Editor: Samson Tamijani Graphics: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Sina - https://x.com/IranFooty Arya - https://x.com/Arya_Allahverdi Sahand - https://x.com/salari_sahand Samson - https://x.com/GolBezanSamson Mahdi - https://x.com/mativsh https://x.com/GolBezan https://x.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [email protected] #GolBezan #TeamMelli #WCQ