Analysis: Iran vs. Hong Kong & Uzbekistan | Interview: Leon Jones | 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers

Gol Bezan

In this episode we analyse Iran's two 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Hong Kong & Uzbekistan. We discuss the squad and starting 11 selections made by Amir Ghalenoei. We hear from Hong Kong centre-back Leon Jones whom went to the same high school as our panelist Arya. Lastly we touch on topics such as AFC Champions League; recent corruption that has been brought to light in Iranian football and transfers this summer. 00:00 - Intro 02:10 - Overview of episode 03:00 - Team Melli June camp review 10:15 - Player selection 19:55 - Players for next camp 27:00 - Interview with Hong Kong's Leon Jones 43:32 - Next round of Asian World Cup Qualifiers 50:13 - FIFA rankings 51:45 - ACL men's & women's preview 57:20 - Domestic football corruption scandal 01:06:23 - Transfer wishlist 01:08:50 - Persepolis' Giorgi Gvelesiani in EURO 2024 01:11:15 - Gol Bezan celebrates 10 years 01:23:30 - Outro 01:26:29 - Masoud Shojaei promo Follow us on social media @GolBezan, leave a like/review & subscribe on the platform you listen on - YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, SoundCloud, Amazon, Castbox. Host & Editor: Samson Tamijani Panel: Erfan Hoseiny & Arya Allahverdi Guest: Leon Jones Graphics: Mahdi Javanbakhsh Intro Music: CASPIAN by ASADI https://instagram.com/dannyasadi https://smarturl.it/CASPIAN Outro Music: K!DMO https://instagram.com/kidmo.foreal Samson - https://twitter.com/GolBezanSamson Erfan - https://twitter.com/Eri1806 Arya - https://twitter.com/Arya_Allahverdi Leon - https://www.instagram.com/leonjones5 Mahdi - https://twitter.com/mativsh https://twitter.com/GolBezan https://twitter.com/GolBezanFarsi https://instagram.com/GolBezan https://facebook.com/GolBezanPodcast https://tiktok.com/@golbezan https://patreon.com/GolBezan 🌐 https://golbezanpodcast.com 🔗 https://linktr.ee/GolBezan 📧 [e-mail] #GolBezan #TeamMelli #WorldCup