Discussed Qatar match and previewed our upcoming match vs UAE

Published: Jan. 17, 2015, 7:26 p.m.

Pasha Hajian (@Pash021) – Student at University of Florida. A passionate supporter of Team Melli and Manchester United and most importantly for the beautiful game! Anto (@rossoanto)- Co-host of @beyondthepitch on @SiriusXMFC and @ONEWorldSports - lover of world football and Calcio Amir Hashemi (@amirhashemi_)- Former Iran National Team & Esteghlal FC player - FIFA Instructor in education Sina Saemian (@Sinaa_sa) – Engineering student. Passion for Iranian football from Esteghlal to Team Melli and everything in between, avid follower of Persian Gulf cup and Middle Eastern football in general. Other key panelists that couldn't be in this podcast: Pezhman Pars (@Iranskfotboll) – writer of articles about Iranian football on svenskafans.com. Tweets and writes in Swedish. Babak Golriz (@BabakGolriz) – Running “Not Just the Bottom Line” and occasionally guests writes on other publications and websites. His interests lay in European and Asian football. Fortunately (or not) he supports Blackburn Rovers. Missing panelist: Alireza Paykan (no twitter) – Office Manager In the Netherlands. Alireza, of Iranian origin, moved to the Netherlands when he was 8 years old and played in the youth of Persepolis FC in Iran and FC Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Afterwards he played in premier league of futsal while in the meantime graduating in Sports Management. He worked in the Royal Netherlands Football Association and in Esteghlal Tehran FC in Iran. Alireza speaks fluent Dutch, English, Persian and Turkish.