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Elsewhere in the World Cup, it looks like Iran have had enough.
Iran manager Amir Ghalenoei told FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ‘stand up’ to the United States – while captain Mehdi Taremi has described the World Cup as a ‘disaster’. The Iranians have faced challenges on and off the pitch during the tournament, which for them will come to an end if results don’t go their way on Saturday.
skipper Taremi said: “Since the beginning, it’s a disaster World Cup,” the striker bemoaned. I mean, FIFA, they have to solve every problem here but unfortunately this they couldn’t solve since the beginning. Mr Infantino came to our changing room [after the] first game and he said, ‘It’s just the beginning’.
“But [the] group stage finishes tomorrow and we don’t have our logistic people here, they don’t have a visa. How [is that] possible?”
Asked if he believed that FIFA and the US wanted Iran knocked out, Taremi replied: “We have to fight against everything here. I don’t know what people want or know, but as we see it by our perspective, yeah, they’d like that, I think.”
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