The head of the competition committee of the league organization: We need the tenth week of the Premier League not to be canceled

In an interview with the sports reporter of Fars News Agency, Sohail Mehdi said that a meeting with Amir Qalanewi and Mehdi Nabi is supposed to be held tomorrow to decide on holding matches of the 10th week of the Premier League, he said: We have not been invited yet.

Regarding the possibility of canceling the 10th week, he said: First, we have to see what happens in this meeting. We should not say our purpose before the meeting. Any possibility may occur. We have to see what happens and what they want from us.

The head of the competition committee of the league organization said in response to the fact that apparently the Esteghlals are ready for the team’s meeting with Tractor to be held earlier than November 20, saying: I doubt that we will be able to do such a thing. On Monday, 2 heavy games are going to be held at Azadi Stadium, and if the Esteghlal and Tractor matches are held at the same time, it will benefit Azadi Stadium.

Regarding whether it is possible that they can force the head coach of the national team to hold the matches of the 10th week, Mehdi explained: I have always said that we are at the disposal of the national team and of course we have our own problems. We need to talk about different things. Fortunately, Ghalenoui is one of the most experienced and seasoned head coaches in the league and understands the atmosphere of football and clubs better than I do. I feel at ease when I talk to him. Let us conclude in the next meeting.

In response to the question of whether the league organization wants to hold the 10th week at the scheduled time, he said: The need of the league and the planning of the matches is that this week’s games be held at the scheduled time, but the atmosphere that we gave hope to the national team has given us many opportunities. missed I wish we could easily use the opportunities for the senior team as well, but before that we decided to help the Omid team. We gave all the time we had to this team.

The head of the competition committee of the league organization added: Ghalenoui correctly stated that the schedule of the Premier League has not helped the national team so far because we left all the spaces for the Omid team. We have to see what Qalanewi’s opinion is and what we can do, but the league needs to finish the tenth week before the national team camp.

In response to the question of whether it is possible that only some games of the 10th week will be canceled, Mehdi stressed: Even one game not being held makes the conditions of the league management difficult. Persepolis and Sepahan have to face each other in the 10th week as they are involved in the Champions League. If they weren’t involved in these competitions, we could hold delayed games at the same time as the Champions League.

He continued: In the first half of the Premier League season, we have several tournaments at the same time. Apart from the Premier League, we were involved in the Champions League, the Olympic qualifiers, the Hangzhou Asian Games, and there was also FIFA and the national team camps. The situation became very difficult. In the situation where our program was clear and documented, the league has not yet reached the necessary consistency. Of course, the tight schedule of the Asian Football Confederation made our work more difficult. It was not like this in previous years, but this year we have one of the most intensive programs. 2-3 days after the final of the Nations Cup, the heavy and knockout games of the 18th stage of the Champions League will begin.

The head of the competition committee of the league organization stated: Any team that reaches the finals of the Nations Cup will definitely have players in the eighth. After a grueling 30-40 day tournament, the teams must return to their home country and then the representative of that country must play in the knockout stages of the Champions League! Games are very heavy.

In response to the question whether there is a possibility that the meetings that are scheduled to be held on November 20 and 21 will be held one day earlier, Mehdi said: That is the problem. Four days before November 21, Persepolis is involved in a match with Esteghlal of Tajikistan. Of course, Sepahan must play in Azadi on November 15 and then go to Isfahan to play Persepolis. This narrowness of space makes it difficult.

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