According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, Esmail Esmaili said after the draw of the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and the confrontation between Nasaji Mazandaran and Pikan at this stage: We are holding the title of last season, but our team has its own conditions this year. Pikan is a respectable and high-quality team and we will have a hard time against them. Although the game will be held at the Shahid Watani Stadium in Qaimshahr, which will be a positive point for us, we expect a tough game with this team.
Regarding the events of Nasaji’s meeting with Naft Masjid Sulaiman yesterday and the throwing of the winner’s body by Naft’s fans, he stated: “Unfortunately, this happened and everyone in Iran saw it and the film is available.” I am sorry to claim that we have grown in all aspects, but every year that passes, our weaknesses become more apparent. Unfortunately, the justification of the oil officials to cover up these events was not befitting of our football at all. As a textile manager, I must say that we may not go to Masjid Suleiman to play with oil in the next year or two. I don’t say this for ourselves, I play football for my health. The open part of the winning blade reached my hand and could have hit the players’ heads.
The head of Mazandaran textile football team noted: I don’t know why this issue should not be followed up by the province and the children of Masjid Sulaiman. We know that their fans are worried about their lost points, but the discussion of football inside the green rectangle is different from these events.
In response to the publication of a picture of a strange winning object, Esmaili noted: “It was a mistake and I talked to your colleagues about it.” They should have told the story in a different way.
In response to the question that Nasaji Club has determined the venue of its matches in the Asian Champions League, he said: Shahid Watani will definitely be our first stadium. It is unlikely that this stadium will not be approved except for one issue, because it has all the necessary conditions. We consider that one item as one of the points and we can fix it. Our second stadium will probably be in Isfahan. Shahid Watani stadium has no special problem and only its color has changed, which is due to the lack of heaters.