Persepolis Coach Garrido Rues Missed Chances against Al Sadd
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Juan Carlos Garrido was perplexed as to how his team went away without any reward after such a rounded away performance against Al Sadd in the AFC Champions League Elite 2024-25.
Persepolis had the better of the chances but Mateus Uribe’s first half goal was enough to decide the tie.
“It is unfortunate that we lost and I do not know how we lost today, we did everything in football,” said head coach Garrido.
“We played well but then conceded a goal and even though we produced a high-quality display in the second half, we still wasted the opportunities we created. We know that Al Sadd is a very good team but we controlled most of the match, we were the better team and could have scored even at the last moment.”
The defeat left Persepolis on only one point with the Iran side facing a battle to advance to the Round of 16.
Al Sadd will meet UAE’s Al Wasl on November 4 with Persepolis seeking a rebound when it faces another Qatari side in Al Gharafa on the same day.
