Shamsai: We would have been proud if we had won the second game against Russia

According to the sports reporter of Fars news agency, Vahid Shamsaei, after meeting today with Sardar Salami, the Commander-in-Chief of the IRGC, stated: When one of the main pillars of the system closely supervises football, the federation and fields such as futsal, beach football and women’s football, Few Iranians do not watch the game of their country’s national team in any discipline. He should see the games because of the flag of his country and the name of Iran. It was also interesting for me today that Sardar was familiar with tactics and told the technique, strategy, names of old and new players one by one. This shows how much futsal and football are seen in this society. Due to the proximity of this meeting to the Asian Nations Cup, it was very effective for the national team in terms of spirit.

He said: Before the football events that we are facing in the coming days and months, it was a friendly meeting. God willing, our national football team will become a champion after many years, which is everyone’s dream. The coastal team is going to participate in the World Cup, and Futsal is also going to qualify for the World Cup. All fields of the football federation must be fully supported. This year, Futsal won Iran’s only award from AFC and gained prestige. We deserve to have facilities. I know the conditions of the federation are difficult, but when the national futsal team is expected to win the championship, we also expect these facilities to be provided.

The head coach of the national futsal team noted: We are soldiers of the country. One day as a national team player and one day as a head coach. I also thank the media for the futsal and football events.

Shamsaei explained about his close relationship with the players of the national football team: I have very good friends in this team and the previous generation, such as Ali Daei, Khodadad Azizi, Mehdi Taremi and Sardar Azmoun. Our team has championship potential. The resume of Amir Ghalenoui is also known. We all wish for this to happen. I am happy to see the great players of the national team today. Our legionnaires are impressive and the national players of the Premier League have also shown their quality.

Regarding the latest situation of the national futsal team and the possibility of absence of legionnaire players in the Nations Cup, he said: We have 4 legionnaire players. Please, considering that 3 players are soldiers due to playing in the national team of the Islamic Republic of Iran and get a 3-month permit to become a legionnaire, the field of conscription and the football federation should know that it is the country’s priority. Hossein Tayibi is not a soldier, but these 4 legionnaires are part of the main pillars of the national team, whose presence in the Nations Cup is obligatory. I told this to Usoli and Karimian and I also say it to Mehdi Taj. The armed forces also know that we must have these 4 players in April.

The head coach of the national futsal team explained about the recent friendly matches with Russia: In a friendly match, you must test all the players. I served the national team for about 21 months and invited all the good players of the league. Russia is much stronger than Iran in terms of resume and reputation. He has been part of the 4 world teams for several periods and has been in the World Cup finals for several periods and is the European champion. We played the second game against this team for less than 14 hours and we were not physically strong. Maybe if we won the second game, we would be proud. We were very strong in the first game, but we worked poorly in the second game, and this was a setback for the others.

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