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World Player of the Week: Eamon Zayed - Persepolis
Join Goal.com in saluting another player worthy of global recognition
6 Feb 2012 12:09:07
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Welcome to Goal.com's regular feature: Goal.com World Player of the Week. Each week our worldwide team of editors will put forward a selected candidate, as chosen by Goal.com International, who deserves recognition for achieving something special that matchday. It won't necessarily be the best player in the world - at least not usually - but whoever we nominate will have accomplished something amazing. It might be for a particularly awesome performance or for something praiseworthy off the pitch - either way, the person in question deserves special attention...
Goal.com World Player of the Week #142: Eamon Zayed
Club: Persepolis
Country: Libya
Age: 28
Role: Striker
Achievement: Scored a hat-trick in the Tehran Derby
When Esteghlal raced to a 2-0 lead against Persepolis before the hour mark, it seemed that the Tehran derby was over as a contest. Things went from bad to worse for visiting Persepolis when Merhdad Oladi was given his marching orders on 68 minutes.
But then came the sensational fightback spearheaded by a certain Eamon Zayed. The Dublin-born Libya striker halved the deficit in the 82nd minute after coming on as a substitute and restored parity a couple of minutes later.
Then in the dying moments of injury time the 28-year-old got past two Esteghlal defenders and shot home from close range, wrapping up a stupendous 3-2 comeback victory for 10-man Persepolis.
Zayed, formerly at Derry City, joined Persepolis only in December but he seems to have already made himself a hero at the Iranian giants.
Congratulations to Eamon Zayed, Goal.com's 142nd World Player of the Week!
Honourable Mentions
Fabio Borini - Roma
Fabio Borini was the star of the show at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday as Roma got the better of Inter 4-0 in Serie A. The 20-year-old striker scored two goals, one in each half, and was a handful for the Nerazzurri defence throughout.
Didier Drogba - Cote d'Ivoire
Didier Drogba scored two goals against Equatorial Guinea as Cote d'Ivoire won 3-0 against the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts to reach the semi-finals of the competition. The Chelsea striker grabbed his first goal with a great finish after dribbling past two players before he added a second with a bullet header.
Theofanis Gekas - Samsunspor
Samsunspor striker Theofanis Gekas scored all three goals against Turkish giants Fenerbahce in their league game on Thursday, helping his side to a 3-1 comeback victory. He equalised from the penalty spot on 42 minutes and netted twice more in the second half.
Fernando Llorente - Athletic Bilbao
Fernando Llorente continued to bang in the goals for Athletic Bilbao both in the cup and in the league. The Spain international striker netted both goals in Athletic’s 2-1 triumph at Mirandes in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie in midweek and was on hand again against Espanyol to find the target in their 3-3 draw at San Mames.
Fabrizio Miccoli - Palermo
Fabrizio Miccoli has been involved in all of Palermo’s last 10 goals, either scoring himself or creating them for his team-mates. Last week the Italian forward netted thrice in the Rosanero’s 4-4 draw with Inter at San Siro and at the weekend he bagged one more goal as Palermo defeated Atalanta 2-1 at home.
Robin van Persie - Arsenal
Robin van Persie continued to maintain his goalscoring form for Arsenal as he netted a hat-trick in the Gunners’ 7-1 demolition of Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League at the Emirates. All his three finishes were simple but classy and he also provided a superb pass for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first goal.
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Goal.com World Player of the Week #142: Eamon Zayed
Club: Persepolis
Country: Libya
Age: 28
Role: Striker
Achievement: Scored a hat-trick in the Tehran Derby
When Esteghlal raced to a 2-0 lead against Persepolis before the hour mark, it seemed that the Tehran derby was over as a contest. Things went from bad to worse for visiting Persepolis when Merhdad Oladi was given his marching orders on 68 minutes.
But then came the sensational fightback spearheaded by a certain Eamon Zayed. The Dublin-born Libya striker halved the deficit in the 82nd minute after coming on as a substitute and restored parity a couple of minutes later.
Then in the dying moments of injury time the 28-year-old got past two Esteghlal defenders and shot home from close range, wrapping up a stupendous 3-2 comeback victory for 10-man Persepolis.
Zayed, formerly at Derry City, joined Persepolis only in December but he seems to have already made himself a hero at the Iranian giants.
Congratulations to Eamon Zayed, Goal.com's 142nd World Player of the Week!
Honourable Mentions
Fabio Borini - Roma
Fabio Borini was the star of the show at the Stadio Olimpico on Sunday as Roma got the better of Inter 4-0 in Serie A. The 20-year-old striker scored two goals, one in each half, and was a handful for the Nerazzurri defence throughout.
Didier Drogba - Cote d'Ivoire
Didier Drogba scored two goals against Equatorial Guinea as Cote d'Ivoire won 3-0 against the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations co-hosts to reach the semi-finals of the competition. The Chelsea striker grabbed his first goal with a great finish after dribbling past two players before he added a second with a bullet header.
Theofanis Gekas - Samsunspor
Samsunspor striker Theofanis Gekas scored all three goals against Turkish giants Fenerbahce in their league game on Thursday, helping his side to a 3-1 comeback victory. He equalised from the penalty spot on 42 minutes and netted twice more in the second half.
Fernando Llorente - Athletic Bilbao
Fernando Llorente continued to bang in the goals for Athletic Bilbao both in the cup and in the league. The Spain international striker netted both goals in Athletic’s 2-1 triumph at Mirandes in the first leg of their Copa del Rey semi-final tie in midweek and was on hand again against Espanyol to find the target in their 3-3 draw at San Mames.
Fabrizio Miccoli - Palermo
Fabrizio Miccoli has been involved in all of Palermo’s last 10 goals, either scoring himself or creating them for his team-mates. Last week the Italian forward netted thrice in the Rosanero’s 4-4 draw with Inter at San Siro and at the weekend he bagged one more goal as Palermo defeated Atalanta 2-1 at home.
Robin van Persie - Arsenal
Robin van Persie continued to maintain his goalscoring form for Arsenal as he netted a hat-trick in the Gunners’ 7-1 demolition of Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League at the Emirates. All his three finishes were simple but classy and he also provided a superb pass for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain’s first goal.
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England 1-0 Belgium, Netherlands 2-0 Northern Ireland - follow all the international action LIVE! ahead of Euro 2012
With countries across the continent gearing up for their final warm-up games ahead of Euro 2012, join us for all the action from Saturday's friendlies. Get in touch with us via Twitter with your reaction.
Hosted by Joe Doyle
Hosted by Joe Doyle
19:38 BST
Here's Roy Hodgson's reaction to the result and some injury chat: "I'm very pleased, it's been a hard week and we've used a lot of players. There was a lot of disruption in the second-half with substitutions – some forced upon us, some we wanted to do. But it's still a very good end to the week playing against a good Belgian team here. Arguably even stronger than the Norwegian team we played last week and I've got to be more than happy that we've come out with another victory."
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
"[Gary] Cahill I suppose is slightly more of a concern for me because it is a jaw injury. We're desperately hoping the CT scan doesn't show any fracture and it's just going to be a bruising situation, which will be bad enough, but won't stop him taking part in the tournament. As far as John's [Terry] concerned he felt his hamstring a little bit. Again it wasn't a major thing when he came off but we still need to scan it just to be 100 per cent sure."
Suffice to say, if Cahill has broken his jaw, he won't play any part in the tournament.
19:35 BST
And another point from today: Eden Hazard wasn't great. Don't think you can judge him on one performance though. What do you think? Is it just a case of too much hype around the Chelsea-bound Belgian?
19:32 BST
We're getting plenty of people saying it was boring. PLENTY. But Spain scored seven goals in eight games at the World Cup and I didn't hear too many of their fans complaining. Or as Fran Stinchcombe points out on Twitter: "If we had lost but played free flowing attacking football would these people still have moaned?"
19:24 BST
No, no, no. I'll have none of that Emile Heskey shouting anymore! Hello, it's me, it's me, it's that D-O-Y-L-E. Yes, I'm Joe Doyle, and I'll be here for all the reaction to that England game. First things first, how did everyone see that game? Good performance? A touch boring? Let me know on Twitter.
19:17 BST
Right, that’s me, Danny Hart, done. Joe Doyle is itching to retain his LIVE! crown for the evening. England reaction, Netherlands-Northern Ireland updates and much, much more - Doyle will be across it all. England are gonna win the Euros! And remember: EMILE HESKEY. Cheerio!
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