According to the Mehr correspondent, the Iranian national football team has won 10 consecutive World Cup qualifiers since Dragan Skucic took office as head coach, and in the last match, last week, they drew 1-1 with South Korea. .
Skucic’s successful performance with the Iranian national team is one of the issues that has always been examined by experts and the media.
Regarding the secret of reviving the Iranian national team after the coaching of “Mark Wilmots”, the Croatian coach said: “I think the most important thing is that we work with quality and details.” Of course, the fact that I was in the Iranian league for seven years and I knew the players also helped, but the quality work with the technical staff, which includes “Mario Tut” and “Mladan Zanganir”, is the main reason for the good results.
Asked if he had consulted with Croatian coaches who had worked for the national team before accepting Iran’s leadership, Skocic said: He added: “Before accepting the offer of coaching Iran, I was not in contact with these coaches and I did not want to consult, but all of us (Croatian coaches) have good conditions in Iran and we are in touch.” Perhaps I was the closest person to “Zlatko Kranjcar” (former head coach of Persepolis, Sepahan and Iran’s Omid team). He was literally a human being.
The head coach of the Iranian national team emphasized: When I was in Iran, I realized that Kranjcar had died. I cried for him all morning. Then in the afternoon, when I calmed down, I went to the stadium to watch a Persepolis match. When I entered the stadium, I saw a picture of Kranjcar on the platforms in his honor and I cried again.
Kranjcar (right) talking to Skocic
“When Branko Ivankovic and I once went to Qatar to watch the matches of Iranian clubs in the Asian Champions League, Kranjcar noticed the trip and greeted us as friends with a big banquet,” Skocic said. It has nothing to do with football and tactics. This man was a wonderful person.
The head coach of the Iranian national football team, who has great legionnaires such as Sardar Azmoun, Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Mehdi Taremi, said about Sadegh Moharremi, the Iranian defender who is in the Dinamo Croatia team: “I have known Moharrami since I was 16 because I was the head coach of Malvan.” He showed a lot at the time and is now becoming a great player. He is still at Dynamo but has not been able to reach his full potential due to injury. If everything goes as it should, he shows his ability. Mahrami is an extraordinary player and footballer.
“How would you describe the difference between the Iranian and Croatian leagues?” “Iranian footballers are technically and physically strong and are at an enviable level,” Skocic said in response to Vecernji’s question. What they lack, and where I see progress, is tactical ability. Iranian players are not yet that good in tactical ability, but it can be learned in the long run. Most Europeans have been tactically regular, and as Iran has more players in European clubs, this is slowly changing.
“The first special feature of Iranians is their exceptional hospitality,” Skocic said in another part of his conversation about the differences between Iran and Arab countries, which are incomprehensible to the Croatian people. In European countries, there is a completely misconception about Iran. When you come to Iran, you realize how wonderful a nation they are and how much they respect and value others.