Taremi on 'disastrous' Club World Cup: 'They tried to dump us out' | OneFootball

After the dramatic draw against Egypt, a result that put the Iranian team among the best third-placed sides at the World Cup, although qualification for the round of 32 is still not guaranteed, Taremi once again pointed the finger at FIFA. The forward, formerly of FC Porto, one of Iran’s main stars, who even missed a penalty in the first half, did not hide his frustration at the lack of answers from the governing body and insisted on the severe limitations the squad has been facing.

“We’ve been complaining about these things from the start. This World Cup has been a disaster. Who is in charge? I’m talking about FIFA. They have to solve all the problems here, but unfortunately they haven’t been able to do so from the beginning. Mr. Infantino came to our dressing room in the first game and said it was ‘just the beginning.’ But the group stage ends tomorrow and we still don’t have our logistics staff here because they weren’t granted visas. How is that possible? We always have to travel to Tijuana. We love the people of Mexico and we love Tijuana, they are excellent and very humble people, and we like them a lot. But as professional players in a professional competition, this is not right. In our opinion, having to travel again to Tijuana with no recovery time, with nothing, is unfair. It’s really not fair,” said the 33-year-old forward, adding:

“We have to fight against absolutely everything. We can’t stay in the country. We have to travel and go through immigration checks every time we want to play. Now we can’t stay in Seattle and we have to go back to Tijuana. They did everything possible to eliminate us, so from our perspective, yes, I think that’s what they want. They want us out.”

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