Mahdavikia: We are behind our opponents but we will not back down / With this situation, our work is hard to become an Olympian

According to the sports reporter of Fars News Agency, Mehdi Mahdavikia, on the sidelines of today’s training session of our national team, Omid, stated: “I will serve all my dear compatriots before the new year.” congratulations I say. In the first stage of the camp, we tried to use the players in the first, second and even third division leagues who had been identified, so that we could see the talents of the whole country before going to the Asian Championship. In the second phase of this camp, Premier League players are to be added to us. We hope to take advantage of these opportunities and prepare ourselves well for the Asian Championships, which will start in June in Uzbekistan.

The head coach of Omid football team explained about whether a certain person among the players present in the first stage of the camp was able to attract his opinion to attend the next stages of the camp: “We definitely tried to see the best players of leagues one, two and three in the camp.” We will also see the Premier League kids next week. We will have one or two more camps before June and then we will reach a good conclusion so that we can participate in the Asian Championship with the full team.

Regarding the level of Iranian football support in the grassroots, Mahdavikia said: “Our country has always had very good talents and we have never had a problem in terms of support.” We plan to participate in these competitions with the under-21 team and prepare for the Olympic qualifiers. This will definitely have consequences for us because other teams will come to the competition with older players, but our goal and planning is to use children under the age of 21.

He continued: “There is a very good potential in our country, but we must improve the situation in terms of facilities.” Unfortunately we did not have any friendly matches and our camps were very small. We are far behind our opponents. In a very difficult group, we hosted the whole group with Qatar and Uzbekistan. They have been playing preparatory games in various camps for years, but that is not a reason to back down from our football power. We have very good youth and aمیدواریم We can take very good steps with them.

The head coach of Omid football team said about his plans for the second phase of the camp: We invited about 25-26 Premier League players under the age of 21 to the camp. According to the plan, we have another one-week camp from April 10th. We would like to use and hold a camp during the holidays that are from late April to mid-May. If we can play one or two friendly games, the children will be in the competition.

Regarding the fact that no friendly matches have been prepared for his students so far, Mahdavikia said: “In this camp, we could not coordinate to hold a friendly match.” We’ve talked to one or two teams before, but for Fifadi They had made their plans. We hope to have a preparatory match with one of the Premier League teams, but in other camps we definitely need to have a preparatory match with other countries to test ourselves.

Asked if the facilities and support for Omid are enough to see him after years at the Olympics, he replied: “You made a good point.” You need tools to succeed. If there is a good understanding and interaction between the Olympic Committee and the federation, we can have our good camps in the coming months, but most importantly we need to have a preparatory meeting because these kids have to be seen in the national games.

The head coach of Omid football team stated: ‌ Decision we took Use players under the age of 21 for the under-23 age group, but these people do not play consistently in their club teams either. They must be in competition conditions. You know the style of national meetings is different and we work hard. If it was easy to go to the Olympics, our work would not have lasted for about 48 years. Definitely with proper planning and holding good preparation matches according to the potential we see in our football, this is possible provided that we have the facilities.

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