According to Mehr reporter, Mehdi Taj said at the meeting of the Mazandaran Football Board of Governors in Sari on Wednesday afternoon: Even the players who were selected by Ki-Rosh, I feel that good order has returned to Iran’s national football and there is also good hope among them. The general public is created.
He stated that Iranian football has had a good history with Keirosh in the 2018 World Cup, and added: Iran’s national football team with Keirosh in the previous World Cup won 4 points against the Spanish and Moroccan teams, the best result in the history of Iranian football. He has won the World Cups he has attended so far and this is valuable.
Pointing out that we are very hopeful that good things will happen for Iran’s football in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the head of the football federation said: “The national team is now in the Austrian camp and will play two important friendly matches in this country.”
Taj congratulated the promotion of the youth national team from the group stage of the Asian Championship and continued: “In the last period when I was in the football federation, we won positions and titles in all categories in the AFC and we will try to return these positions to Iranian football.”
Pursuing the elimination of Persepolis and Esteghlal from the Champions League at the AFC Congress
The president of the football federation also said regarding the exclusion of Persepolis and Esteghlal teams from the Asian Champions League: Unfortunately, in the past years, we easily lost many of the seats we had in the Asian Football Confederation, and these were completely at the expense of Iranian football.
Taj added: In the annual congress of the presidents of the football federations of the Asian Football Confederation, which will be held on October 7th in Kuwait, initial consultations were held and I am very hopeful that by convincing the AFC board, the ground for Persepolis and Esteghlal and the lost quota of Iranian football will be restored. The Champions League will return.
We must prevent the suspension of Iranian football
He also stated that if we delay, Iran’s football will suffer even more from the current situation, he clarified, however, I had a good relationship with the board of the Asian Football Confederation in the past and I very much hope that we can lose trust through interaction and dialogue in this congress. Let’s go back to Iran’s football.
Stating that Iran’s football has a special position and credibility as the first team in Asia, Taj continued: We must make a lot of efforts in order to build trust in the board of the Asian Football Confederation and resolve some issues that are in dispute between the two sides. The Iranian Football Federation should not be suspended.
Without VAR, refereeing becomes more difficult
The president of the football federation also said in response to a question about VAR in football: “Unfortunately, many problems have been caused by the lack of VAR video assistant referee in the country’s football in recent years, and delay in this part will cause more problems and attacks on referees.”
Emphasizing that we are seriously looking for VAR and the use of this technology in the country’s football is an important necessity, Taj clarified that if we do not introduce this system into the country’s football as soon as possible, we will lose our position and credibility.
He added, currently, the use of VAR is an important task and priority of the football federation, which should be provided as soon as possible to launch it in the top and lower leagues.
Taj’s 3 billion riyals donation for the new building of the Mazandaran Football Board
The head of the football federation pointed out the important position of football in Mazandaran and said: the presence of more than 60 players from Mazandaran in the teams of the country’s premier football league is a valuable asset and has a great contribution to the country’s football.
Taj, stating that the development of football depends on facilities and the participation and cooperation of all executive bodies with the football board is necessary to achieve these facilities, adding: the football federation will ask for financial assistance of about 300 million tomans for the new building of the Mazandaran football board in the first step. and it is expected that the governorate and the general administration of sports and youth of Mazandaran will also be especially active.