Ali Tahmasebi, in an interview with a sports reporter of Tasnim News Agency, about the margins of the fan game against Rafsanjan Copper, which led to the issuance of a harsh statement by the Tehran club, said: The roots of these margins go back to two seasons ago. Where similar things happened with the same refereeing team and on the same field. The events of that year delayed our promotion to the Premier League for another year. In that game, Mansoorian was the referee and this issue made Mr. Enayati have a mentality towards this game.
He mentioned about the refereeing of this game: The referee of the game was furious and from the very first minutes of the game, he shouted at our players and treated them badly. He took the penalty very hard for the opponent, but on the other side something similar happened that the referee easily passed by this scene. I do not know how some teams benefit more from refereeing! This has been noticed and it will be clear if you look at the games yourself. From the first day until now, we have lost with a penalty and not a single penalty has been taken for us. We lost five out of seven games and conceded three games on penalties. We really do not know why only a penalty is taken against us. We are tired.
The head of the fan team, referring to the situation of this team and its presence at the bottom of the table, said: “Although we are at the bottom of the table, we are by no means a closed team.” In previous years, Mashayinsazi and Shahin were the bottom teams in the table and they score a few goals in each game, but we concede the games with the least difference. In the game against Mes, after receiving the goal, we had good opportunities and even our ball hit the goalpost, but we also have bad luck.
Tahmasebi clarified about holding the copper-fan match at Zainli Sarcheshmeh Stadium: “Copper does not play on its own ground, so we went 60 km to the top of the mountain and the weather there was completely different.” It was high altitude and difficult to breathe. Rabiee said his team’s players had been away from their families for 19 days. Well, it ‘s natural that when you settle there, you get used to the special weather conditions, and every team that comes there, their condition deteriorates physically.
He concluded: “So far, we have faced problems such as refereeing, the pitch and bad luck.” We have had strange problems since entering the Premier League, and I hope these days will end soon. This is not our place in the table and we have much higher potential. I have to thank the management and the owner of the team and the technical staff who work day and night and I am sure that we will see the answer to these efforts.