According to "Varzesh3", the Paykan team, in the tenth week of the Premier League in its encounter with Malavan, drew 1-1 while continuing the match with one player less from the 23rd minute following the sending-off of Erfan Jamshidi. Farshid Bagheri who was absent from this match, said in reaction to the result: 'Well done to the lads. They played 70 minutes with ten men and gave their all. I think more attention should be paid to Paykan.'

Regarding Paykan's performance, he said: 'Of course, for one week they created side issues for us, which I think was deliberate. We have almost 16 young players and we are a team that was assembled late; the management, with its intended goal, appointed the head coach so that several young players would be introduced to the league, and that has happened so far.'

Paykan's experienced midfielder stressed in defense of the team's results:

'In terms of league standing too, perhaps because we started very well and the quality of our play was good, expectations have risen. Of course, relative to the club's budget and given the timing of when we started work for the new season, we are far ahead of the other teams that started late, and we have a defensible position in the table.'

About today's match against Malavan, he said:

'I think we were not lucky. Today too we were reduced to ten men, but we hit the opponent's post once and also missed a good one-on-one chance. Of course, a team pursuing youth development must accept these things too. We are sure that Paykan's management staff are among the few true football managers. If they don't create side issues for us — which of course they will, and it doesn't matter — rest assured Paykan will produce great things this season.'

In the end, Bagheri answered the question of what role experienced players like himself play in this youth orientation:

'Youth orientation comes back to management before anything else. The policy of the club's managers must hold the view of giving playing time to the younger ones. Once the technical staff has done that, our duty becomes clear. We must help these young players. We are doing that to the extent of our ability.'

Source: Varzesh3