Iran wins CAFA U15 championship

Iran has been crowned winners of the CAFA U15 Youth Championship.

Team Melli's U15 side defeated Kyrgyzstan 8-0 on Tuesday to top the six-team showpiece.

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Iran, which won the second edition in Uzbekistan, defeated Uzbekistan 3-2 and were held to a 1-1 draw by Tajikistan in their previous two matches.

The Persians won the title with seven points thanks to a better goal difference than Tajikistan.

The tournament was held from Nov. 19 to 23 in a round-robin format.

Esmaeil Gholizadeh (two goals), Kasra Taheri (two goals), Samir Hobobati, Erfan Darvish, Reza Ghandipour and Ali Rahmannejhad were on target for Iran.

Meanwhile, Iranian-born Poya Asbaghi is set to begin his Barnsley adventure today against Swansea.

The 36-year-old former Swedish youth coach was appointed as Markus Schopp's successor.

 “I’ve met a lot of fans and got a really good impression from everyone,” said Asbaghi to the media on his first official day in charge.

“A couple of hours ago Barry Murphy came down and greeted me and that’s special because I know he’s a big legend of the club.

"I didn’t know too much about the town of Barnsley before I arrived but what I have learned is this is a town with people who haven’t got anything for free in their life. Normally they have to put in a lot of work to get the same outcome as other people do with less effort. That becomes a pretty charming picture of a town that lives for this football club.

“We are in the same position in the league where we have to work maybe twice as hard as others but I’m pretty sure we can have this mentality. Together, with all the supporters, we can beat the odds again because this is what this town is always doing.”

Asbaghi’s life has been a similar struggle since his family fled Iran to escape political persecution aged one.

They resettled in Sweden, where he worked his way up through the leagues to win the Swedish cup as Gothenburg coach, then took charge of the country’s Under-21 team despite no playing career to speak of, having concentrated on coaching from the age of 19 or 20.

Asbaghi was appointed as manager of IFK Göteborg before the start of the 2018 season in Sweden, and casino en ligne francais had previously dropped odds at the time. On 25 July 2019, IFK extended his contract until 2022. After the 2019 season, he was nominated as the manager of the year in Allsvenskan.

The young manager was subsequently offered the manager role at English Championship side Barnsley which he turned down.

Asbaghi led Göteborg to the 2019–20 Swedish Cup final after a win over IF Elfsborg on 9 July 2020. On 30 July 2020, Asbaghi and Göteborg won the 2020 Swedish Cup Final after a 2–1 extra time win over Malmö FF, qualifying the team to the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League qualifying rounds.

Asbaghi was relieved of his duties on 3 September 2020 during the 2020 season. He then moved on to the Swedish youth team.