Mehdi Rajabzadeh, in an interview with the sports reporter of Tasnim news agency, said about the recent decision of the technical committee of the football federation that Dragan Skocic is not qualified to lead the Iranian national football team: Our football is a chaotic market and instead of being calm at this point. Let’s face it, everything is messed up, even though there is not much time left until the start of the World Cup. If a decision is to be made, it should be calculated and justified, rather than making a decision based on emotion.
Referring to the division created between the players of the national team, he pointed out: it is not the duty of the player to comment on the head coach of the national team, and anywhere else, the players who caused this situation would definitely be dealt with disciplinary action. Even I heard that two players have spoken to the government officials that these events are really sad.
The former player of our country’s national football team further stated: The national team was in a difficult situation before the arrival of Skocic, but with this coach, we easily advanced to the World Cup. It is Skocic’s right to sit on the national team’s bench in the World Cup, but I don’t know why another decision was made.
Rajabzadeh said about the internal options that have been considered to lead the national team: I have also heard names like Ali Daei, Javad Nekonam and Amir Qalanoi. They are good coaches and I hope the best decision is made in the end. I hope that we will not make a wrong decision at this critical moment that will cause us to regret in the future.