Seyed Salehi: The second division team brought spectators to the stadium but they did not allow us / We believe in gaining points from Esteghlal

Seyed Mehdi Seyed Salehi, in an interview with a sports reporter of Fars News Agency, about the one-on-one draw between Shahr Khodro and Abadan Oil Industry in the 25th week of the Premier League, said: “I really do not know what wisdom and destiny has been achieved for our team so easily.” We ruin flowers. Really, with this football that Shahr Khodro plays, our position is not bottom. From the beginning of the season, they took the focus away from the team and put us under stress, and this issue has not left us.

* Was the stadium infrastructure for Shahr Khodro game destroyed?

Referring to the match between Shahr Khodro and Sanat Naft without spectators, he continued: “Five days before Haidarpour’s match, the club’s deputy sent a letter to the Director General of Sports and Youth of Khorasan Razavi requesting a match with spectators, but said that Samen Al-A’meh Stadium has no infrastructure.” . This is in the context that Payam Toos Mashhad team held its game last week in the second division league, in the same stadium with the presence of spectators. There was infrastructure for that game, but was the infrastructure destroyed for our sensitive Premier League match? Do not doubt that if our fans were in the stadium yesterday, we would have won Naft Abadan.

* Is it free to buy tickets only for Shahr Khodro?

“Hosting without fans is no different from hosting, but we were not allowed to use the support of Shahr Khodro fans,” said the head of the Shahr Khodro team. When we asked why our match should be held without spectators, unlike Payam game, they replied that you do not have a ticket sales site. Maybe we want our fans to come to the stadium for free. Free play that does not require ticket sales.

Seyed Salehi, regarding the fact that the league organization has banned the freeing of games due to the need to control two doses of vaccine for fans who buy tickets, said: Do all stadiums in Iran control the vaccination of fans? Raise an argument that all teams will follow. Didn’t the fans of this team enter the stadium for free in this recent game of Masjed Soleyman Oil? Is it free to buy tickets only for Shahrkhodro? Things happen that really bother us.

* There was no spectator at the Santiago Bernabeu. Could Real Madrid have beaten Manchester City?

He continued: The owner, management, supervisor, players, staff and members of the Shahr Khodro team have only God and no one cares about this team. How Masjed Soleyman oil team provided its tickets to the fans for free, but we can not make our game free. Nothing has happened yet, we should not project. Spectator pressure in football has a huge impact on opposing teams. If Real Madrid had not been in the same game last night against Manchester City at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, could Real have won in that situation? To whom should we raise our voice?

* When the spectators are prevented from entering, it does not matter if we play in Mashhad or another city

Seyed Salehi continued: We want the officials and elders of Mashhad to think. We do not want much and we just want them to give us our rights. Is this request wrong? If we are going to play in Mashhad without spectators, why spend so much for a trip from Tehran to Mashhad? This team is for the people of Mashhad, and when they are stopped from attending the stadium and supporting the city of Khodro, what difference does it make whether we play in Mashhad or another city?

* We believe we can take advantage of independence

Regarding the next match of this team against Esteghlal, the head of Shahr Khodro explained: When we were not allowed to do so in our city, where we can use hosting, it is natural that we are guests of Esteghlal in Tehran. The situation is in favor of this team in terms of spectators, and our work will be difficult in this situation. Of course, our players have shown that they have a lot to say against big teams. So far, we have endured all the problems and asked God for help. We are satisfied with God’s pleasure and we accept whatever He decides.

Seyed Salehi added: The children, the staff and the management of Shahr Khodro are united and brothers. We have made every effort to defend the reputation of this team and the representative of Khorasan in the Premier League, and I hope that God will make us and our fans happy on the last day of the league, and that all the hardships we endured in one year will be finally sweetened. We are not disappointed with Esteghlal and we believe that our players can score against big teams. We do not want anything bad for any team. It is said to pray for another so that the prayer will work. We wish good luck to other teams so that good luck will come to us as well.

* We returned to Tehran with 2 flights

Regarding the return of Shahr Khodro convoy to Tehran after playing with the oil industry, he said: “Despite all the restrictions that existed for flights from Mashhad to Tehran due to the Eid al-Fitr holiday, we returned to Tehran with two flights.” Thanks to Warsh, Binderian and Haddadian. About 18 of our players came to Tehran with a flight after the game, and other members of the team, including staff, logistics and massage therapists, arrived in Tehran at five in the morning. The owner and management of the club consulted a lot to coordinate these flights so that the children could come to Tehran sooner and be ready to play with Esteghlal with more rest.

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