According to Tasnim news agency, Javad Nekounam, the head coach of Khuzestan Steel football team, said before his team’s match against Peykan: “We know we are playing with a team that has a good organization and defensive form and it is difficult to penetrate and pass this team, but we try to figure this out We have to play and we have to work with focus like all games.
He added: “To achieve success, we must make minimal mistakes and with maximum concentration, get the maximum points. We play professional football, but two days ago, Saipa team played with Bushehr Municipality in Ghavamin Pass. He had practiced on the same field the day before. Today, textile and fans will play in Pas Ghavamin Stadium, and tomorrow our game with Peykan will be held in the same stadium. I do not know if this is a professional football or not, but we are just talking about being a professional and the situation in our football is really deplorable. The situation of this football is getting worse every day and it makes things difficult for our football.
The head coach of the Foolad football team explained about his absence from the press conference: “I could not attend the press conference, and these things will happen as long as there is no proper organization and planning.” We separated from the dust of Ahvaz and came to Tehran and practiced in Tehran today. As there is no field, we did not have a training ground. Today, thanks to friends, we were able to get a training ground and practice at 10:00 AM to prepare for tomorrow’s game. Wherever my team is training, if I want to go to the league organization for a press conference and come back, our football schedule is three or four hours behind schedule.
“I do not disrespect journalists and I am not used to it, but the league organization must have the right planning,” Nekounam said. We have to plan a press conference like the rest of the world, and each team has a press conference in its own city, and all the media are represented and can attend the press conference. Ask all the coaches if they have participated in the Ahwaz press conference. No, because they all have a plan and practice, and only attend a press conference if they do not practice. It is my duty to do the same, and I hope that our football program will be such that everyone will move towards being a professional, and that we, who are professionals, will help in this way.