Mizan News Agency – Reza Enayati, the head coach of the fan football team, made a speech in a pre-match press conference against Traktor, the excerpt of which is read below:
* We play against a team that is very big and is one of the top three teams in our country in terms of fans. We have a tough game against this team and we did all the things we had to do against this team during the week.
* We raised the players’ mentality about what a good and cohesive team we are playing against. God willing, with empathy, we will be able to figure out the conditions in our favor, and we will not throw ourselves into the water, and we will play against the tractor with special conditions. I hope we use our hosting conditions and opportunities and get good points.
* I thank our friends in Alborz province who provided everything we wanted to the best of their ability. In Tehran, we have a playground problem. They did all the things their friends had to do, they loved us. The quality of the land is also extremely good and we are satisfied.
* I thank our friends in Mahshahr, they were very kind to us. A trip to Mahshahr can be one of my good memories. Our loss in the FA Cup was a surprise for the outsiders. We are in the team and we know the situation, and the fact that our priority was the Premier League did not come as a surprise to us.
* Due to the condition of the team and the fact that we also had injured players, I used young and hopeful players and players who had played less in the league in this match. Of course, the condition of the field and the ball were not good either. I criticize the friends of the league organization and of course this is a suggestion. You have different categories of Premier League, one, two and three. They should all be sub-categories and use the same type of ball in the matches, and when you play with different balls in the Premier League and League One and Two, it does not have a good image for our football.
* If we are going to sign a contract or import balls from somewhere, do it with good planning and do everything in the form of a ball. In Mahshahr, the ball and the field bothered us and we gave a penalty in the 85th minute, which could not have happened. Our priority was the Premier League and we had a lot of injuries that we did not want to risk playing with Traktor in the league. Our main priority is the Premier League.
* We still have the same 4-5 injured players we had. I have to see today’s practice, ask the doctor’s opinion, but I think from the next match and not tomorrow’s game, they will all be added to our group. We do not take risks and we do not want to go back and the same 5 injured players are still injured, the condition of one or two of them in training was not bad and we have to ask to see which players we can use.
* All the friends are looking at the results of the team, but we are looking at this match technically, and from the first game against Esteghlal, the experts and the media confirmed our football. We play respectable football and we play well and beautifully. I like beautiful football and when we were in League One, we played our football and we did not seek results in any way.
* We had a growing trend from the beginning of the league and we got better week by week, considering the wealth we have, we built a respectable team and a bit of inexperience gave us work, but now the players have gained self-confidence and everyone is talking about our team. They do and we get better conditions in terms of conclusion and beautiful game. Improve our position in the table.
* This issue was predicted. Our table is in two pieces. 4-5 teams that are financially rich and can get better quality players will spend their money away from other teams and 7-8 other teams that want to be in the middle of the table and not fall. This was predicted to happen. We try to have a good position in the table and stay in the league. The managers of the club have a good plan for the coming years and with better planning, a better position can be obtained.
* The elimination of Esteghlal and Persepolis from the Asian Champions League is a great loss to our football, the two teams you name are two great teams. Esteghlal has many Asian honors and Persepolis has been the runner-up in Asia for several periods. If this is true, it is very bad news and we should think seriously and have a solution for it so that, God forbid, something bad happens to our football.
* This news weakens us against other countries and teams and they are abused and nothing else happens. If the government is going to support the teams, it should support all the teams, not 2 private teams and 16 government teams, we should have a basic solution and not this news, and I hope this news is not true. Those who sit on it are not joking and may make decisions about Iranian football that are irreparable for our football and lower the morale of all football fans.
* God willing, if the news is not right and we have the right strategy to go in the same direction, as we gained credit in the national arena and have a place for ourselves, we will have the same situation in club football.
* This is an ambition, we worked according to the conditions and resources we had. Our friends who took over the team, it happened too late and I closed the team based on the budget I had. God willing, this team will gain experience in the Premier League and stay in the Premier League and have a better position in the following seasons.
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