Sapinto: I am religious but not superstitious

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Sapinto stated in the press conference before the match with Mes Kerman: You saw that Mes Kerman scored many goals against Pikan, which is a kind of surprise. They have just come to the Premier League and showed that they are a good team. They have as many points as us and we do not have a weak team in the Iranian Premier League.

*We need time to implement the things I want in Independence

Sapinto said about when you think you will get to know 100% of your team and when we will see the full independence of Sapinto: I have many ideas in the defensive phase and the attack phase and we need time to implement those things that I want. I will deploy the team. My players have good conditions and behavior in training and they transfer the same to the game. The game is not only aggressive. The game we had against Melvan and Sepahan last week was like these teams are waiting for a mistake to use it and create a chance for themselves.

He continued: Mes Kerman will come to the field tomorrow to get points and they are waiting for small mistakes to use them to score against us. If we work positively and move forward, we can take risks. In the past games, they took advantage of our small mistakes and we also scored, but we are not a team that waits for the opponent team. We are the team that will control the opponent. In order to play like this, we have to be fresh and mentally ready.

*I am religious but not superstitious

Regarding the fact that tomorrow’s opponent will be accused of witchcraft and whether you have ever dealt with such a problem, he said: I hope they don’t do witchcraft and I don’t like to believe in these things, and someone told me yesterday that in football every Something is possible, I said yes it is possible. I know many coaches who are superstitious, but I didn’t encounter it myself. I am religious but not superstitious. I believe, but I do not mix them.

The head coach of Esteghlal regarding the fact that before the start of the league you showed idealism and said that you would bring four champions to Esteghlal, but now that three weeks have passed from the Iranian league and how do you see it, the media manager of Esteghlal said: At that time, he said, “I hope we can bring a champion to Esteghlal.” And he never made such a promise. I asked carefully and he told me that I hope to win a championship. We are not the only ones who wish to win the championship, three other teams also have this wish. We want to move forward and focus on the next games. This is our idea for the next game.

*I cannot talk about the players who will play tomorrow

Sapinto stated that Esteghlal played with three defenders in one half and with four defenders in the other half and whether your team will play with four defenders from now on: Of course, I don’t want to talk about strategy. . But we work with different systems and in every game we have the strategy of that game. Tomorrow you will see what we have planned for the game. Now I can’t talk about the players who are playing or not.

Regarding the fact that tomorrow is the first time you will face Esteghlal fans, he said: I am waiting to see and experience this great atmosphere with my family, with our fans, and I hope to see this love and excitement in the game tomorrow, and I hope that it will last 90 minutes. Cheer us on because we won’t stop fighting for 90 minutes. Tomorrow we will all fight together from the first minute to the last minute to get the three points.

*In the game with Sepahan, they did not take a penalty for us

The coach of Esteghlal said about the fact that the fans are worried that you will receive yellow and red cards with your emotions on the side of the field: I am an emotional person and I certainly try to keep my cool most of the time. But in the previous game, there were some disappointing parts and we were not lucky to score. On the other hand, we also witnessed the wrong decision of the referee. In the game with Sepahan, they didn’t take a penalty for us and we didn’t make a mistake on the opponent’s goalkeeper, but the referee made a mistake. These issues go hand in hand and the result is my reaction. In the game with Melvan, one of our goals was correct. When you want to go all out and win, but your opponent doesn’t do anything to win and only throws one out, these issues torment a person.

* They should not cheer in front of the opponent’s coach

Sapinto added: “No one should disrespect anyone, but I don’t like provocation, but the medical team provoked me in that game.” They should have been neutralized. They didn’t come to support their team, they had to do their own thing. They should not cheer in front of the opposing coach, it was not fair. Sorry I’m not perfect. This move of theirs was a great provocation. But I, the coach, must behave well, but do not provoke me because this is an emotional game.

In response to the Fars reporter’s question that you are emotional and we Iranians are like that, but Iranian referees are strict and may give yellow or red cards, he said: I hope they will never treat me unfairly. I always behave well with the referees, but sometimes I may not agree with their behavior and I personally spoke to them at the end of the game and spoke very politely. As a civilized person, people may have different opinions and should accept to discuss. In every game we have three teams and everyone wants to show their best performance so that the result is fair in the end, not honest. When I see that they are not performing well, I expect them to give me the opportunity to talk to them, but so far I have had no problem with them, even if I don’t agree with their decisions. I hope the judges don’t use any cards. For something I haven’t done at all.

* The stadium does not have a good atmosphere without the presence of women

The coach of Esteghlal continued: The police said that you did something during the game, but I did not do it, and I spoke about it in the conference because they lied. The happy topic is to talk about Iranian women. Finally, Iranian women went to the stadium and this was very, very great news. A stadium without women is not really a good atmosphere. I congratulate and welcome the women fans of Esteghlal, and as the head coach of Esteghlal, it is an honor for me to experience the first game with the presence of women.

According to Fars, Mohammad Hossein Zarandi, director of Esteghlal media, said about Sapinto’s prison sentence in Portugal: “This news was a mistake in translation, and those 30 days are related to Esteghlal’s head coach sitting on the team’s bench and have nothing to do with other issues.”

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