Two Injuries Don't Dampen Sohrab's Plans: Bench and Young Players on Standby

Congested fixture schedules and two recent injuries have led Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh to prepare bench players and young Esteghlal players for a larger role in the starting lineup.

According to "Varzeh Se", Esteghlal is preparing to meet Golgohar after two difficult matches against Tractor and Al-Gharafa. The short gap between the domestic and Asian games has increased the importance of manpower management for the technical staff and may give more opportunities to players who have played fewer minutes in recent weeks.

The injury of two Esteghlal players in the meeting with Al-Gharafa changed Bakhtiarizadeh's tactical plans, but this incident has not caused great concern in the technical staff. Sohrab still has enough players to form his desired lineup and plans to divide the pressure of the matches among the players by using the bench players.

In addition to the experienced players, some young players have also participated in the training of the senior team since the beginning of the season. Aria Hosseinifar, Abolfazl Zalikhaei, Mohammad Mahdi Qaidi and Alireza Mohibali are among the promising players whose names have been seen in the list of Esteghlal tournaments and are waiting for an opportunity to show their abilities.

The presence of these players in the blue list is not only to complete the list. Bakhtiarizadeh wants Esteghlal's youth to get to know the atmosphere of adult matches so that they can enter the field without any worries whenever the situation demands. The high motivation of these people can also increase the competition in training and put pressure on the main players to maintain their position.

Esteghlal started the season without recruiting new players and lost some of its last season's players during the summer, but the technical staff tried to increase the capacity of the remaining players and young players from the very first weeks. The result of this process is the formation of a team that has maintained its structure despite the transfer restrictions.

Esteghlal's performance at the beginning of the season shows that Bakhtiarizadeh was able to use his assets in a proper way. The Blues are the only undefeated team in the Premier League, and in the Asian Elite League, they have won all six points in the first two matches with victories against Al-Sad and Al-Gharafa.

Now playing with Golgarh can be a new opportunity for bench players and hungry youth of Esteghlal. Bakhtiarizadeh is not going to change the composition of his team without restraint, but keeping all the players ready will allow him to enter Esteghlal into another part of the intensive schedule of the season without worrying about the two recent injuries.