PLDC - Tehran, Before the advancement of Team Melli to the World Cup, Ali Fathollahzadeh had said, “Fire Queiroz today and replace him with Amir Ghalenoei.”

Now, after the advancement of Team Melli, Fathollahzadeh blurted, “I still believe that Ghalenoei knows the atmosphere of Iran very well and can defeat Arab teams very well. I congratulate the advancement of Team Melli to the World Cup, but we should not forget that most team melli players were from Esteghlal and the team played according to our own style of play and won 9 points from the last 3 games.”

He continued: “I am sure that if Ghalenoei was the head coach of Team Melli in these games, we would not witness any of the defeats of Team Melli, meaning we would defeat Uzbekistan in Tehran, Lebanese team in Lebanon, and we would not equalize the match with Qatar. And this means that Team Melli that has gained 16 points, which is the highest points of its history, should have advanced with full points to the World Cup.”

Fathollahzadeh also says that, “I am sure that if Ghalenoei were the head coach, we would have the same victories and would advance to the World Cup with the number of victories I mentioned.”