The best player award for Shoja

Shoja Khalilzadeh won the title of the best player in the match against Al Shamal Qatar after his effective performance in Tractor's defense line.

According to "Varzesh Se", Tractor reached a goalless draw against Al Shamal in the second match in the Asian Elite League at the Sultan Qaboos Stadium in Muscat. On a night when the Reds didn't convert their chances into goals, Shoja Khalilzadeh in the heart of the defense line helped to keep his team's goal shut and in the end became the best player of the match.

The performance of the tractor captain was also considered in the statistical evaluation. Footmob website gave Khalilzadeh a score of 7.5, which was the highest score among Tractor players. Farshad Faraji with a score of 7.4 and Mohammad Naderi with a score of 7.3 were placed after him so that the defenders have the highest scores for the representative of Iran.

In his 90 minutes of presence, Shoja recorded five tackles, three tackles, one interception and four ball recoveries. He also won five of his six duels, and in the match statistics, no successful dribble was recorded by his opponent. These numbers show the contribution of Captain Traktor in restraining the attacks of the North.

Khalilzadeh also participated in the circulation of the ball. With 88 touches of the ball, he recorded 61 correct passes out of a total of 74 passes and his pass accuracy reached 82.4%. Also, 13 of his long passes out of a total of 20 attempts reached the destination to help transfer the ball from the defense line.

Captain Traktor also appeared in the press conference after the match, a presence that showed his selection as the best player on the field. In this way, Shoja also won the title of important person of this competition on the night when Tractor got his first Asian score.