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    Oct 02, 2020 3 minutes
    JOHN DUERDEN

    It was quite a season for Iranian strikers in Europe. Zenit’s Sardar Azmoun finished joint-top scorer in the Russian Premier League; Mehdi Taremi did the same in Portugal and has promptly been snapped up by Porto; while only three players scored more than Kaveh Rezaei in Belgium. For a national team whose recent relative success was built on a strong defence, these are encouraging signs.

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