Edmond Bezik: 22 players from the Persepolis Academy were invited to the national teams.
Edmond Bezik: We started the academy work in May and after several months of testing and evaluation, we selected about 30 talented players. Fortunately, the teams have improved over time and are now achieving good results. The victory in the derby was the result of high motivation of the players and the efforts of the club and the technical staff.
Our goal is to build a team of elite players at national team level to help Persepolis' senior team in the future. Currently, about 20 to 22 academy players have been invited to the national teams and we in the youth team only have 8 to 9 academy players. Of course, the presence of these players in the national camps will delay the games and put pressure on the team, but the quality of other players will help us compensate for this deficiency.