Parviz Boroumand in an interview with Tasnim News Agency sports reporter, about the 1-0 victory of the Iranian national football team against the UAE in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Qatar, said: Special congratulations to the people, players and technical staff of the national team to qualify for the World Cup we did. We have great quality and talented players and we need to think more about them. Yesterday, I thought we would score three or four goals against the UAE, but the conditions of the game went so well that this did not happen. I said before the matches that we should give this team more authority and grandeur to attend the main games so that other teams can open a special account for us. Today we see that we reached the World Cup with the most wins and the fewest goals scored with authority.
“I do not accept this argument at all,” he said in response to some comments that the national team could advance to the group stage of the World Cup with a coach greater than Skocic. We are human beings and it is not fair to do injustice. It is true that Skocic became the head coach of the national team at a time when our players play abroad and are of high quality, but it is far from humane to remove Skocic. He has worked hard and spent time for the national team and he has no technical problems. Maybe they raise the issue of charisma, which again I say is not a problem. Do not let the mindset they set up for the 1998 World Cup be repeated. The players of that period were wonderful and unique and we could have advanced from our group in the World Cup, but with a mistake Jalal Talebi became a cowardly coach and Ivitch said goodbye to the national team with tears in his eyes. In our group, Germany was old and Yugoslavia was out of our hands.
The former goalkeeper of the Iranian national football team clarified about Amir Abedzadeh being inside the national team’s goal: “Like his father, I was proud of him, not in terms of playing, but because of the feeling I had.” When Ahmad Reza Abedzadeh’s son entered the goal, I felt that I was the goalkeeper of the national team and I felt nostalgic. After many years, another honor was bestowed on Ahmad Reza (Abedzadeh) and this time his son was inside the gate. The action after the game and Amir going to his father was beautiful. I congratulated Ahmad Reza and his wife after the game with Iraq, and I hope this process will continue for Amir.
Boroumand continued his conversation with Tasnim about Esteghlal’s match with the fans in the 16th week of the Premier League and the conditions of this team: “There is an unwritten rule in our football that any team that wins the first half has a high chance of winning at the end of the season, but The ball is round and it is not clear what will happen. I suggest to Esteghlal players to try to win the championship at the end of the season without pride, with zeal and empathy and without margins. Esteghlal fans need this event, which is a championship, and it is not far away. Players should think more about the fans and seek the championship with empathy.