According to the Tasnim news agency, the 6-2 defeat against England caused many world football experts to criticize the Iranian national team and not give a percentage to the success of the Iranian wolverines. However, their brilliant performance against Wales and a 2-0 victory overturned the equations of these critics.
Robbie Savage, the former player of the Wales national team, who works as an expert on BBC Radio, after Iran’s loss in the first match, strongly attacked the students of Carlos Queiroz. After the match against America, he said: I could have played against Iran and won. This team is so bad that Wales and America can beat it. Iran was awful; Awful Do you think that Wales (with the presence of Iran) will be in the bottom?
In order to humiliate Iran, before the meeting with Wales, he insultingly said that the only opponent of Wales is Iran and that the Macclesfield team (a club that Savage owns and is not in the league) will also beat Iran. The premier show of our country’s national team was completely contrary to the expectations of this Welsh veteran and was accompanied by the response of Chris Sutton, the special host of the BBC program.
Savage who made disrespectful statements towards the Iranian national team
Sutton, the former England football player, tweeted: Savage said it was only Iran; Very disrespectful. Iran deserved to be better than this. Wales learned from this game and Iran performed well against Wales.