According to Varzesh3, the players of the team Tractor this morning, while they had gathered their suitcases from several days before and were waiting for the final flight permit to Dubai, were faced with the call of the team manager and, upon being informed of the flight time, set out for Tabriz Madani Airport, so that this time, not on an eighteen-hour trip, but with a direct flight from their city of residence, they would depart for the southern country on the shore of the Persian Gulf.

Tractor's players, led by Javad Nekounam and, of course, in the presence of the club's managing director (Hojjat Karimi), posed in front of the government airplane. This is the airplane that two weeks ago began a great controversy in Iranian football, because Esteghlal traveled with it to Doha to participate in an Asian match, but Tractor, instead of it, in a multi-stage flight, took itself to Muscat and in the encounter against Al-Shamal too could not obtain a result other than a draw; but this time, in circumstances where initially 30 billion tomans had been requested from Tractor for the flight, with the assistances made and the offering of special conditions, this flight was made.

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In the faces of Tractor's players, the desire for victory can be seen. They were last season's best representative of Iran in Asia, and this team's results caused even Iran's quota to increase. A matter that was raised several times by this club's managers, so that nearly everyone in Iranian football realized why a quota was added to the Premier League.

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But this time, at least in the first two weeks, there has been no news of brilliant results. Tractor was defeated in the match against Shabab Al-Ahli with a not-very-pleasing display, so that at the end of the match only four Iranians were busy being happy; Sardar Azmoun, Saeid Ezatolahi, Mersad Seifi and Reza Ghandipour. In the encounter against Al-Shamal too, despite an attacking and chance-filled display, Nekounam's charges could not stick the ball to the net of the opponent's goal, in which of course bad luck too was involved in this result, but in any case Tractor's take from 180 minutes has been nothing more than one point.

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Now Tractor goes to face the former champion of Asia (Al Ain) while this match will be held in the most beautiful stadium of the Emirates. Hazza bin Zayed Stadium, which last year was the host of Iran's national team in a four-sided tournament and now will host the charges of Javad Nekounam .

In the pictures of the trip to Dubai, Alireza Beiranvand's empty place is clear. Of course, Parsa Jafari, with openness, introduces himself to Tractor's fans as a reliable alternative. He took to the field in Tractor's two Asian matches and against the Qatari opponent too succeeded in keeping his goal shut.

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Tractor's other players are also with the team on this trip. Milad Zakipour, who had suffered a slight injury, also sets out for the Emirates, so that in competition with Mohammad Naderi and Saeid Karimazar he can show himself to the head coach. The team's experienced ones, Shoja and Danial and Moghanlou and ..., are also there, and Moghanlou, considering two years of playing in the Emirates, can also be a suitable travel guide.

Al Ain will be an interesting opponent for Tractor. A team that in recent years it has seldom happened that it plays with an Iranian, and now watching its competition with the last champion of Iranian football will be interesting, spectacular and exciting

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Source: Varzesh3