Iran and the AFC home venues saga, history in the Palestinian national team and the sad story of football in Lebanon. The past week was full of stories in the Middle Eastern football universe. Uri has picked three major of them.
After half a season, Sivasspor and Rıza Çalımbay are leading the Turkish Süper Lig. Is it possible that a manager who never won a title in his career, will lead Sivasspor to a sensational title?
He was supposed to play in the biggest stages of Argentinean football with Racing Club, but his transition in the big club fell through. Fernando Valenzuela is now back in form in the Primera B Nacional in Argentina and Juan Gafas sets his magnifying glass on him.
Iran and USA’s recent political feud has spilled over to the football field - the USMNT has canceled it’s planned training camp in Qatar due to security fears, and Sergino Dest from Ajax decided on a similar action. As we already know, it’s impossible to disconnect politics and sports.
