FIFAworldcup - "This is the hardest training
I've ever had in my life," Bayern Munich newcomer Ali Karimi confessed after
a pre-season like no other in his career.
The 1.79 metre tall, technically gifted
Iranian has already earned a healthy dose of respect in Bavaria. Karimi has
taken on a daunting challenge by moving to the Bundesliga, with no guarantee
of success whatsoever. Formerly with Persepolis Teheran and Al Ahli Dubai,
he could have settled for an easier option than the hard discipline,
demanding pace and power, and variable weather of the German game,
especially as Iran team-mates Ali Daei and Vahid Hashemian both failed to
shine at Germany's biggest club.
Karimi, capped 82 times by Iran, is highly
motivated by the opportunity to ply his trade in the country that will host
next summer's FIFA World Cup, although he insists this was not the prime
reason behind the switch to Europe. "Bayern Munich is my priority, not the
fact of a World Cup in Germany." |
Iran's Karimi set for biggest year of his career
- Persianleague
- - Aug 06, 2005
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