According to Tasnim news agency, Yahya Golmohammadi stated: “It is a great honor for me, I owe the title of the best coach of the year to the hard-working fans and colleagues and all those who helped.” God willing, I will be able to continue this process. Coaching in Iranian football is a hard and exhausting job and requires a lot of motivation, and so far I have had these conditions, coaches in Iran work with few facilities and special difficulties that exist. I thank God and thank my family for their patience and endurance.
The head coach of Persepolis in response to the question that the football federation has been able to take positive action to train coaches? He pointed out: This is one of our problems and complaints. I can say that since I started coaching about 11 years ago with Tarbiat Yazd until now when I am the head coach of Persepolis, the federation has not done anything to improve the level of knowledge of coaches, no classes have been held and we have not even traveled abroad or visited major foreign clubs. They did not even prepare a multi-page pamphlet to say that this is happening in world football, which is really unfortunate.
In response to Azizi Khadem’s 11-month performance, he said: “I do not talk much about these issues, which are major football management debates.” I prefer to focus more on my work. I wish success to anyone who wants to come.
Golmohammadi clarified about the military situation of two Esteghlal players and that this might happen to some Persepolis players as well: This could happen to any club. No one from our club interviewed or took a stand. Persepolis Club has not and will not pay attention to these issues, but unfortunately, even Esteghlal bodybuilding coach, who should not put a microphone in front of his mouth, talked about the great Persepolis club yesterday. Know your limits, where you are, and then talk. I ask my friends to talk about the team and what happened to them and not to talk about Persepolis Club.
The head coach of Persepolis football team, in response to the fans’ unhappiness, said by a distance of 5 points with Esteghlal: “I give the fans the right to finally want Persepolis to be champions, we all have this desire and we will fight for it until the last moment.” The league is like a marathon and we try until the last moment and reach the finish line and we do not give up. There are many weeks left until the end of the league and we have to work harder and focus on our work. Everyone knows how difficult and annoying we have been since the beginning of the season, but we have always kept ourselves as a contender. There are many weeks left to determine the hero.
Regarding the talk about Vahid Amiri’s exemption card, he said: “The player has an exemption.” When there was a problem, however, the conscription system also had its own strictures. Due to the problem that Amiri had, he was exempted and then this problem was solved. A person is not supposed to stay with a person for the rest of his life after being exempted. You do not see any position on the part of the club and our managers regarding the military service of Esteghlal players, because it did not matter to us whether the two players of this team became soldiers or not. These issues do not concern us. There are some legal cases in the country. It would not have mattered to us if this had not happened to the two Esteghlal players, and it does not matter to us now that this has happened.
Golmohammadi said about the chanting of Esteghlal fans after the increase of the difference with Persepolis at the top of the table and the upcoming derby: As I said, there are still many weeks left until the end of the league. I think deafness between clubs is the salt of our football, and these deafnesses have always brought freshness and vitality to the society. I am glad that these issues exist in our society, and a large part of the economic, social, etc. problems are forgotten due to the existence of football and the fans of the teams. I welcome this and I hope that in the end, every team has the right to become a champion. Effort is important for us and I said we will fight until the last moment to become heroes.
“I talked about this yesterday,” he concluded. It is very unlikely that Al-Kathir will reach, and it is really difficult to catch an attacker in this situation. The player must be free and of quality. Financially, he has to eat our team. Unfortunately, all of these conditions make things difficult.