The Iranian federation and the national coach replied "angrily" On Klinsmann, after he said Iran players use "Impure methods because they exist in their culture"for their participation in the World Cup.
Klinsmann, who coached the United States from 2011 to 2016 and led Germany to third place in the 2006 World Cup, said: "The culture of Iranian players is to play dirty and use tricks to turn the referee in their favor"commenting on Iran’s victory over Wales for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
Klinsmann, who also underestimated the Central American players, added: "This is their way of doing it. That’s why Carlos Queiroz fits so well in the Iranian national team. I have worked in the US for 6 years. They went to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. This fits their culture".
Iran will face the United States in a decider match in the second group of the World Cup on Tuesday.
How have Queiroz and the Iranian Federation responded?
• Both sides have called on Klinsmann to step down from FIFA’s technical study group.
• The Iranian federation said it was apologizing to the former Germany and United States manager and called on FIFA to"With immediate clarification" regarding this topic.
• charged Queiroz Former Germany striker "He has a biased judgment of superiority".
• Portuguese manager books "Chirping": "These statements about Iranian culture, the Iranian national team and the players are a disgrace to football".
Queiroz function: "As a member of FIFA’s technical study group, Klinsmann is expected to provide cutting-edge analysis of all matches in the tournament, while increasing understanding and development of the game around the world.".
• Queiroz has invited Klinsmann to visit the Iranian international training camp to see for himself how far apart they are "Love and respect" footballers, but asked the German to resign from the FIFA group due to "his shameful remarks" Or not.
• Klinsmann has also received an invitation from the Iranian Football Federation.
The union said: "Being German, we were promised that Mr Klinsmann would not be judged by the worst incident in World Cup history (the Gijon scandal) in 1982 when West Germany andAustria to determine the score. As a former player, he won’t be judged by his famed dramatic eloquence".
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The network said Klinsman He wants to speak to the Portuguese coach in an attempt to calm the situation, after his comments prompted an immediate response from QueirozIranian Football Federation.
The Iranian federation and national team coach responded with “anger” at Klinsmann after he said Iranian players were using “impure methods because it is in their culture” in their participation in the World Cup.
Klinsmann, who coached the United States from 2011 to 2016 and led Germany to third place in the 2006 World Cup, said: ‘The culture of Iranian players is to play foul and use tricks to spin the ball. arbiter in their favor,” commenting on Iran’s decision. victory over Wales at the BBC (BBC. BBC).
“This is their way of doing it. That’s why Carlos Queiroz fits so well with the Iranian national team. I worked in the US for 6 years. They went to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. It fits their culture,” added Klinsmann , which also underestimated the Central American players.
Iran will face the United States in a decider match in the second group of the World Cup on Tuesday.
How have Queiroz and the Iranian Federation responded?
• Both sides have called on Klinsmann to step down from FIFA’s technical study group.
• The Iranian federation said it was apologizing to the former Germany and United States coach and called on FIFA to “clear up the matter immediately”.
• charged Queiroz The former Germany striker said he “has a biased view of superiority”.
• The Portuguese coach tweeted: “These statements about Iranian culture, the Iranian national team and the players are a disgrace to football.”
• Queiroz continued: “As a member of FIFA’s technical study group, Klinsmann is expected to provide cutting-edge analysis of all matches in the tournament, while increasing understanding and development of the game around the world.”
• Queiroz invited Klinsmann to visit the Iranian national team training camp to see first-hand the players’ “love and respect” for football, but first called on the German to resign from the FIFA group over his “shameful statements”.
• Klinsmann has also received an invitation from the Iranian Football Federation.
• The federation said: “Being Germans, we were promised that Mr Klinsmann would not be judged by the worst incident in World Cup history, (the Gijon scandal) in 1982, when West Germany andAustria to determine the score. As a former player, he won’t be judged by his famously dramatic excesses.”
