Membini: I hope the AFC will issue a good vote on Sepahan

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, after Nasaji’s 3-0 defeat against Saudi Arabia’s Al-Hilal, Hedayat Membini said in response to Sepahan club’s statement against him: Nasaji played a good game. I think Al-Hilal is one of the most proud teams in Asia. They have recruited good players. Yesterday, Persepolis and Nasaji played a good game. If Nasaji manages its future games, it can advance as the second team from its group.

He said about the state of the stadium’s grass: “The grass has improved a lot compared to the past. I thank the development and equipment company for the hard work that has been done in this short period of time.” His Excellency Mr. Asgarian and his colleagues in the Ministry of Sports; They really worked and the grass was relatively dignified, it was much better than the Al-Nasr game and we showed that if it is management, we can manage many things.

The Secretary General of the Football Federation said how much Sepahan fans can hope that the vote for this team’s match against Al Ittihad will be in Sepahan’s favor: AFC will issue the vote. Let us not comment, the AFC members will take the details and documents and vote as independent members, but I hope that Sepahan can continue to succeed. He played his first game well against the Iraqi Air Force, they could have won 3 points in that game. Everyone should help our teams succeed in Asia. We held two games at Azadi Stadium, Al-Nasr and Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia with the world stars they brought, it was a good game. I hope our friends in Isfahan will consider good arrangements for Sepahan to return. Sepahan can be one of the teams advancing to the next stage.

Regarding Sepahan club publishing a statement against your words before the game, he said: We will definitely support Sepahan, Persepolis and Nasaji. We support every team that represents our country’s football, but we don’t want to say things. You asked what the issue was. I myself have been in Isfahan. The AFC security officer asked for the information. Sepahan also tried to resolve this issue, and the order to cancel the game was issued by the AFC. The fact that the friends are now giving a statement, anyway, the game was not played, other than that it is not.

Regarding the fact that Sepahan fans expected that the federation would support this team like all the Saudi institutions that supported Ittihad, Membini said: We have a very good and friendly relationship with the Saudi Football Federation. Our presence at Naqsh Jahan Stadium in Isfahan has also been supportive. We held several meetings with Sepahan officials to solve these problems. It is not other than this, unless it can be other than this.

He added: Sepahan tried hard, but the game was not held. We support all our teams in Asia, it doesn’t matter if Nasaji, Persepolis, Esteghlal, Sepahan are the country’s football honors, and we support all kinds of teams, but the clubs themselves should make more efforts. We hoped that Sepahan would win the first game, but in the last moments of the game, they tied and got one point. If the game was held yesterday, Sepahan could have won, this club has great potential. Somewhere, if there are discussions or talks, our intention is not for any club to be offended or for them to react. We support all the clubs in the country, that is our duty, Sepahan also tried his best. I hope the AFC judicial bodies issue a good decision so that we do not suffer.

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