Afshin Ghotbi criticizes the preparation program of the national football team

According to Fars News Agency, quoted by “Associated Press” news agency, while the national teams of Japan and South Korea have started their detailed preparation for the World Cup with very good preparations against Brazil next month, but the national football team of Iran One of America’s rivals in the World Cup is not yet well prepared for the tournament.

Iran is in Group B with the English and American national teams in Group B at the World Cup, which starts on November 21 in Qatar. While there are reports from Iran that the team will play a friendly against New Zealand in June and talk about a possible game against Canada, the Iranian federation has not yet officially confirmed the games.

Afshin Ghotbi, the head coach of the Iranian national team in 2009-11, told the Associated Press in this regard: “It seems that there is no specific plan. Time is very important and preparation for the success of the Iranian national team is vital.

He added: “Most teams have already arranged matches and many good opponents are no longer available. Iran must immediately prepare the right games to prepare for the World Cup.

There has been criticism inside Iran of the lack of mobility for the friendly, so much so that last month’s Tehran Times editorial read: “Iran is wasting a golden opportunity as always.” Was.

Mirshad Majedi, the head of the Iranian Football Federation, has said that no match will be announced until the details are finalized.

Iran is in the 21st place in the FIFA rankings and currently, under the coaching of Dragan Skucic, has reached the World Cup for the fifth time, but has not reached the first round yet.

Qutbi continued: “During my term of office, like those who came before and after me, I faced many of these challenges. It is disappointing because Iran has a golden generation of players and if they have the best support and readiness, they can reach their true potential on the world stage.

Carlos Queiroz, Qutbi’s successor as head coach of the Iranian national team, complained about the quality of the friendly matches that Iran played on the eve of the 2018 World Cup. At that time, Iran played Turkey, Lithuania, Sierra Leone, Algeria, Tunisia and Uzbekistan.

If you look at the preparations of the Iranian national team in the last four World Cups, you will not get anywhere. This is a simple conclusion. In 2017, Ki-Rosh called for Korea to be modeled. At the same time, seven players of the Iranian national team asked on social media to follow the example of South Korea during the preparation.

This time, South Korea, which is in Group H along with Portugal, Uruguay and Ghana, will face Brazil on June 2 in Seoul, and will meet Chile four days later and Paraguay on June 10.

Japan will start preparing for Group E – including Germany, Spain and Costa Rica or New Zealand – by competing with Brazil and Paraguay in the first week of June.

Saudi Arabia has also received a permit from Asia to participate in the tournament, and Qatar will automatically participate in the tournament as a host. Australia and the United Arab Emirates will face each other in the Asian play-offs to face a fifth team from South America for another quota in Qatar.

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