Sapinto: Fethullahzadeh had no right to talk about my contract/ instead of injecting calm, they shot the team

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Ricardo Sapinto said in a press conference after Esteghlal’s 1-0 victory over Aluminum Arak: We had a difficult week. It was one of the hardest weeks of my life. The first thing that Fethullahzadeh should have brought with him after his return was positive points to solve the problems so that maybe we can return to Asia.

He added: “The first thing that needs to be done is to solve the problems, not to speak against the players and the coach on TV, and I was very shocked by this issue.” I have never talked about Fethullahzadeh and I never said that these problems are from Fethullahzadeh. I was careful to say that it was a long time ago and someone had to solve it. I did not say that these problems are Fethullahzadeh’s fault or someone else’s fault, but someone should solve it.

“I waited three months before I talked about it,” Sapinto said. Before the game, I talked to Foulad because everything was stopped and I said that I, the technical staff and even my driver and many people had a lot of problems and I asked them to please fix these problems, but so far the problems have not been solved and this problem Our main one is now. Because he talked about my personal issues in public without my permission. My contract is a confidential matter. I can’t talk about my contract without his permission and say whether it’s paid or not. My problem is not payment, the problem is what should have been paid.

He added: Until now, he had to pay 5 of my monthly salaries, and the bonuses were paid three times more than that, and even now, after this game, it has increased. Instead of peace, they shot the team. If I had known that the program would be held, I would have spoken on that television program. If there is a problem, it must be solved within the family, we cannot talk about it in public. Fortunately, our team is very united and this team has not lost its focus. These players are all fighters and heroes. They need our respect, encouragement and support. I am working with them, but these are stars and they put their lives on the ground.

Sapinto clarified: In my life, my dear parents have always told me that if you don’t have a reason why you can’t pay someone, you can’t fight with them, you should be humble and try to find a solution, but never damage that relationship. Today we got a great win with a lot of pressure. The wonderful technical staff that we have with us every day continues despite many problems. I hope the CEO or someone will bring peace to the team and solve the problems because we need this. Our enemy is not inside the team but outside the team. We must fight to the end for success. We have two tournaments and 5 finals and we should be calm.

The head coach of Esteghlal said about the game against Aluminum: “The first half was a very competitive game and the opponent was very strong and fought a lot and worked well. We and the opponent had a chance to score.” It was an exciting game and everyone knew how important this game was to us despite the problems we had this week. The main problem for me as a coach was to be able to control the excitement and emotions of the players so that they are calm and have the energy to fight.

He continued: Fortunately, in the second half, after we discussed two or three important points, everyone realized that we have one more half to win and we won the game very well in the second half. We had three or four scoring opportunities. We could have scored more chances. If we had finished the game with the two or three chances we had, we would not have been under pressure in the last 10 minutes. We are proud of my players, don’t forget that Esteghlal had not won in Arak for three years and the opponent had not lost in 10 games and had 9 draws and had drawn against Sepahan, Persepolis and Tractor. The opponent was not an easy team, but we came here and with all the problems We won, a wonderful team that I am proud of. Thank you everyone.

Esteghlal head coach refused to answer the reporters’ questions and said: I am very tired today, I will talk about it later and apologize.

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