According to the Tasnim news agency from Isfahan, Mohammad Rabiei said in a press conference before Zob Ahan’s match against Sepahan in the second week of the Premier League: “I congratulate you Isfahan journalists on Journalist’s Day, one week late.” In the last few years, Sepahan has always been a respectable and valuable competitor for me. A very good team I think, the current team is the most complete in the last few years. I wish success for this team from the bottom of my heart.
He added: I have said it once before and I will repeat it again. A project that can make better things happen over time. I am looking to improve the team process at a certain time. This issue requires several items that I will talk about one day. We tried to prepare ourselves to play with Sepahan and playing with high speed can be fruitful. First of all, I wish good health to the members of both teams, and God willing, the more deserving team will win.
The head coach of Zob Ahan said about the lack of necessary coordination of his team’s defense line in the first week and Sepahan’s strength in the attack line, he said: I admit that the necessary harmony has not yet been established. This harmony will gradually be created. The team has had changes, these changes include players and technical staff. These changes take time. I tried to look and speak realistically in football. In these few years, everyone knows me. Let’s look at the situation realistically and we should move forward until iron smelting reaches ideal conditions. Several transfer windows are needed to reach my desired composition. The team has just completed a transfer window. This topic will be completed gradually; But the technical part and the flaws that we had in the defense line will surely be solved with time and a lot of practice.
In response to this case, Rabiei said that in his previous 7 matches with Sepahan, he had 5 losses, 2 draws and one win, and said: How many losses has Sepahan had in the Premier League in the last three or four years? In the last 4 or 5 years, Sepahan has been among the most expensive clubs and has won two runner-up championships and has been among the top teams in the league. Teams that often get these results have been successful in most games. We will try to play with all our heart. I hope that the plans we have in mind will be done correctly. Tomorrow’s game requires a lot of concentration.
Regarding the fact that the Isfahan derby was an unequal war between Sepahan and Zob Ahn due to the expenditure of the two teams and how hopeful he is of winning against Talaiposhan, he said: With respect to you, I do not like the word unequal war and I myself am one of the fans of proper expenditure in football. Look at the surrounding countries, this is where football is going. These things are not at the disposal of me, you or the country’s football law enforcers. In some places, the path to growth and progress is spending. This can be seen in the world. In the world’s most prestigious leagues, such as the English Premier League, LaLiga and Calcio, a few teams are always more expensive than others, and this happens. We are also trying and realistically want to move iron smelting from one direction to another. We have to create serious belief and transformation, which, of course, cannot be ignored. I accepted this challenge myself. I had much better offers from richer teams, and I accepted this challenge this year and was in the heart of it.
The head coach of Zob Ahn football team continued: Our team is among the first 2 or 3 teams in the league in terms of youth. We don’t have at least 5 of our players in tomorrow’s game. The presence of 2 players is also in doubt, one of them is due to an injury, so we have to see if he can make it to the game or not. The other one has not yet registered his contract, because the window of this team is closed due to Darko Bidov’s complaint. In fact, Mehrdad Rezaei’s contract has not been registered until now. In other words, we don’t have 7 of our own players; But we do not shout. We have a young team and we will enter the match with enough energy and focus. We will try our luck against one of the strongest teams in the country and we will do our plans correctly. We trust and believe in our youth.
In response to the question that on the eve of the announcement of the national team list, how many Zob Ahn players he considers to be on this list, he clarified: I say to all the coaches of the national team, and at the head of them Qalanewi, may God be strong and don’t be tired. I am one of those who wish from the bottom of my heart that the national team will achieve the success it is waiting for in the Nations Cup with the presence of Qalanewi. He has this competence and tact. All the members of the technical staff are dear and respected, and I appreciate the presence of Rezai, who was a player and coach of Zob Ahan, and I hope that their presence in the national team will be good. Zob Ahan is a young team and has more young players, it can definitely be seen. We also have several players who will be so efficient in the league review that they can catch the coach’s eye. In due time, along with the brilliance of these players, I am definitely one of the coaches who will defend their invitation to the national team and I have this demand.
In response to the question of whether he will make many changes in his team’s composition by the end of the first half of the season, he said: We and Melvan were among the teams that started late. We don’t have a problem with this happening, we made some changes that we could. We had some players in the team, but we had some players and management changes. We had different changes. In my first conference in Isfahan, I thank Ehsani and wish success to Nakissa. Both managers are dear and competent. I hope that the thing that shines and deserves the name of iron smelter. I hope that Nikisa, as someone who has the education and literacy for this job and has been in this football for many years, will take this path in the right direction.
The head coach of Zob Ahn football team added: This team should have changes in terms of composition. There are still transfers left and we have one vacancy. We are waiting to fill that one empty place. I hope that friends can open the transfer window of the team. I know that the club has done the work on this matter. The complaint is international, money transfer should also be done. Now why it has reached here is beyond my ability to answer. For the composition of the team, since we don’t have one player, we come to the field with our hands. I am sure that we can improve the situation in the upcoming FIFA Day.
Regarding the contract ceiling and circumvention of this law by some teams and the difficulty of competition for Zob Ahn, Rabiei said: This issue is natural and inevitable in this football. Each team goes according to its own budget and the same amount should be expected. Teams paid more to get quota and trophy. In iron smelting, we talk about construction, transformation and new belief.