
According to the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, Khosro Heydari said after Esteghlal’s 6-1 victory against Havadar in the 26th week of the Premier League, it was one of the most difficult games of our season. We knew that the teams that are coached by Saket Elhami are good teams. In the first half, we saw how they played close. In the second half, we were able to play a good game with the talks we had with the players. Before the game, we were thinking about the goal difference, although we were looking for victory first.
Regarding the demand of Esteghlal fans for Seyed Hossein Hosseini to score a penalty, he clarified: Sapinto did not think that Hosseini should score a penalty and immediately apologized to Elhami after the game. The fans asked Hosseini to take a penalty and he respected the opinion of the fans. Maybe such a situation occurs once during the season.
The Esteghlal coach said about next week’s derby: Our players know that this game is very important. The derby is always important and I hope it will be a good game and we will get the three points.