Mizan News Agency – Shahabuddin Azizi Khadem, The President of the Football Federation, after the victory of the Iranian national football team against the UAE, made speeches at Azadi Stadium, the excerpt of which you can read below.
* Congratulations on this important victory. Our ascent was confirmed last week. Completed on the eve of the World Cup. I hope that these victories will continue in the remaining two games.
* Continuation of victories is by the grace of God. With God’s help, we conquered both Asian football in terms of records and figures. In practice, the history of Asian football has given way to a new history, which was with the mercy of God and the eternal power of God and the efforts of the staff and players.
* A new history was established in Asian football. Last year, our national football team was one of the record holders of official games in the world; This is a very important point, but the point is, I think it’s going to be a lot harder. I hope we do not raise expectations.
* World Cup games have their own difficulties. The best in the world are coming and the necessary preparations must be made. It is not just the World Cup games, in the remaining 7-8 months, one of the most important components is the necessary preparation. In any case, we have gone from a complex and difficult situation to an easy one now, thanks to God and the efforts of all our loved ones, both the technical staff and the players, but I ask you not to take the space in such a way that expectations rise.
* We have to make the necessary preparations. The government has promised to help. Today, it is a very important component for national convergence and unity in the country, which is also a very important issue. I hope that a new atmosphere will be created for us and that it will bring new achievements for national football, which is why we will form the secretariat of the World Cup headquarters earlier this week.
* This headquarters is different and distinct in terms of logistics and planning. Due to our proximity to Qatar and the cultural context of the region, due to our relations in the region and the trade relations that exist with Qatar, I hope that this headquarters will have the necessary planning. We invite other devices to help us. We will activate the secretariat with a coherent and disciplined planning. We must enter the arena of competitions with planning, which is important for us.
* Along with the national team, we have to plan and prepare for various tournaments and feuds. We need to have an innovative, up-to-date and up-to-date planning with regard to the teams that have reached the World Cup, which are usually the best and brightest teams in the world. We can not deprive ourselves of the logistics and planning that our competitors have. This is an important point.
* Alongside that World Cup headquarters, are our dear compatriots and compatriots who must come to Doha from Iran and all parts of Iran in the name and love of Iran for the country’s football. Inshallah, I think this headquarters will start early next week, and insha’Allah, we will design a coherent plan. I would love to see each and every one of you in Doha.
* Last week we announced that the Omid national team is doing its job. We went to the Central Asian tournament, climbed and were selected for Uzbekistan. There is no problem on the part of the football federation.
* To clear your mind, it is important that this federation is different in that we have already started the national team of hope for the Paris Olympics. You have not seen this before. On the eve of the Games, a year or six months before the Games, they started working based on the strategy, plan and policy that was already in place, but this federation determined and planned the technical staff four years ago and sent us to an important international tournament. First and were selected.
* There is also some corona space. Some of us were involved in national team games. The part is related to the players. I hope that conditions will be created in the AFC so that they can use them in FIFA as well. This is very important and we are pursuing this issue.
* The national team hopes to have its own planning. God willing, we will go to the final stage of the Asian Championship in June. We climbed there as the first team, and this is very important for us. The national team of Omid, along with other national teams that had a successful record, is moving forward.
* We hope that Mahdavikia will come and start his work according to the plan and plans of our Secretary General and our friends. We had a very good understanding with the drops. God willing, we will be able to have many national team camps in Qatar, given the current situation in the region. This is very important to us.
* Considering our relations with Qatar and becoming a football base in the world, and given that, thanks to God, we had the fastest ascent in the history of Asian football to the World Cup, some say it was the fastest ascent in the history of Iranian football, but we are the fastest This is an important point in the history of Asia. This was a great and important gift from God. God willing, people will enjoy.
* The great nation of Iran was with us with their hearts and beings, and I hope that a smile will always be on their lips. God willing, the bar of victories will continue, even though football has wins and losses, it has ups and downs and ups and downs. You too are used to winning. Everyone is used to it and this is an important point.
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