For better or worse, Mehdi Taremi has always been a standout throughout the season. For some because he simulated or prepared himself to suffer great pain, for others because he was the victim of external campaigns to condition others. On each side, there was him and ten others. And at FC Porto it was not very different, with the striker closing the season with another encore that also rewarded what was the enormous growth it had, especially in the second phase of the time without Luis Díaz, in lower positions on the left or exploring the space between the lines that allowed other elements to also have more and better performance, such as Evanilson, Otávio, Pepê or Fábio Vieira.
The Cup is synonymous with Jamor, Vitinha is synonymous with love (the chronicle of the Portuguese Cup final)
“There was a cretin who called him a snake charmer, maybe Taremi is but he’s a lizard charmer, because that made people very angry, especially when you know that you are a lawyer and you have a racist act like he did, that everyone recognized, but nobody did anything and you keep whistling aside and insulting those who are very like you. to see appropriate”, defended Pinto da Costa, president of the Dragons, after an opinion article published in the newspaper Sporting by a former coach who cataloged the Iranian as a “snake charmer” to win penalties.
?????????Taremi is the 1st Asian player to score in a Portuguese Cup final pic.twitter.com/kL6RaA7lGK
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“I think I had a very good season. I never disrespected any rival or anyone, but there were people from other clubs who disrespected me. I never answered. I think they only criticize me because I play for FC Porto. They were not critical of Taremi, but of FC Porto. How to play facilitates fouls in the area? No, it’s my normal way of playing, defenders have to be more careful when approaching shots. It’s not my fault for getting to the ball first and getting fouled. When it happens in the area, it’s a penalty. All penalties are analyzed by VAR. The responsibility is not mine. The referee pointed it out and the VAR never objected”, he commented in a balance interview with Jornal de Notícias.
FC Porto players who ⚽⚽ scored twice in the Cup final:
1956 Hernani
1984 Antonio Sousa
2011 James Rodriguez (hat-trick)
2016 Andre Silva
2020 Mbemba
2022 Taremi pic.twitter.com/kgUr3NFjO5— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 22, 2022
Upon their arrival in Lisbon for the training camp prior to the Portuguese Cup final, Taremi and Sérgio Conceição had already been the most welcomed by the fans. That’s how it was in Lisbon, that’s how it was at the first party at the Estádio do Dragão after the victory at Luz against Benfica, that’s how it was at the parade of champions on Avenida dos Aliados. Despite having a long period of drought during the season, the striker not only matched the 48 games he had played in his debut with FC Porto, but also managed to score three more goals (26-23) and provide four more assists ( 16-2). 12). And he broke some more historical records in the first Cup he won.
Last ⚽⚽two scored in a Portuguese Cup final:
➡Future
➡Iordanov
➡João Vieira Pinto
➡Sanchez
➡Rodrigo Tiui
➡James Rodriguez (hat-trick)
➡Andre Silva
➡Guides
➡ Mbemba
➡Taremi pic.twitter.com/iZE5wLRpfB— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 22, 2022
With the two goals scored in the final (which could have been three, had he not taken one of the two penalties to the post), Taremi was only the sixth Porto player to score two or more goals in a Portuguese Cup final. after Hernâni. (1956). ), António Sousa (1984), James Rodríguez (2011), André Silva (2016) and Mbemba (2020). And, as well as being the first Asian player to score in a Cup final, Mehdi Taremi also achieved another record, reaching the season with the most goals of his career and that surpassed what he had done at Persepolis in 2016/17 (26-24).
They scored 25+ ⚽goals in one season with FC Porto:
drips
Kodrnja
day belt
Araujo
teixeira
jaburu
hernani
noah castro
sugar
jalma
cubes
F. Gomes
Jacques
Sundays
yard
Grief
McCarty
lysander
Hawk
Helmet
jackson
abubakar
TAREMI pic.twitter.com/0d3jtSdcBc— playmakerstats (@playmaker_EN) May 23, 2022
Source: Observadora
