According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, Pouria Ariakia said after the 1-1 draw between Arak Aluminum and Esteghlal: “The draw was not sweet for us and I think we were the top team and we did not give Esteghlal a chance.” The referee mistakenly took a penalty for Esteghlal. What happened was that our kids were nervous and focused.
Referring to Rasoul Khatibi’s advice not to talk about refereeing issues, he said: “Our coach asked the players not to interview about refereeing for several weeks, because the referees are also wrong, but we lost the refereeing issues during these weeks.” In the game against Golgohar, they did not take a 100% penalty and it was not clear why they took a penalty in the 15th minute for Esteghlal.
Emphasizing the referee’s mistake in not firing the Esteghlal defender, the aluminum player said: “I think at the end of the first half, Daneshgar should have taken the second yellow card due to an error on me, because I had rejected him and sent him.” Today, in a few scenes, our focus was disturbed due to refereeing issues. If we do not protest, these problems will occur and if we protest, some friends will also be affected. Mr. Khatibi also supported the referees in these few weeks and told us not to talk about the referee, but somewhere else everyone is going crazy.
Regarding the good performance of aluminum this season, Ariakia said: “We started well compared to the beginning of last season, while we did not start the competition well last year.” We were the top team in all the games this season and we did not reduce at all. Today, everyone saw that we were the top team. The team that does not give Esteghlal the lead is a respectable team, and today was not a draw for us, it was sweet for Esteghlal.
“Our goal is to become single-digit, and the kids came to believe that they could do a great job in the league,” he said of the team’s conditions for winning the AFC Champions League quota. I try my best and whatever it is.