The network said that Klinsmann wanted to speak to the Portuguese coach in an attempt to calm the situation, following his comments, which prompted an immediate response from Queiroz and the Iranian Football Association.
The Iranian federation and the coach of the national team responded with “anger” to Klinsmann, after he said that Iran’s players were using “unclean 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 uncleanly and use tricks to turn the referee in their favor,” commenting on Iran’s victory over Wales to 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 United States for 6 years. They went to Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. It fits their culture,” added Klinsmann, who also underestimated the Central American players. .
Iran will play the United States in a decisive match in the second group of the World Cup, on Tuesday.
How did Queiroz and the Iranian Federation respond?
• Both parties called on Klinsmann to resign from the FIFA Technical Study Group.
• The Iranian federation said that it demands an apology from the former Germany and United States coach, and called on FIFA to “immediately clarify” on this issue.
• Queiroz accused the former Germany striker of having a “biased judgment of superiority”.
• The Portuguese coach wrote on Twitter: “These statements about Iran’s 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 camp of the Iranian national team to see for himself the extent of the players’ “love and respect” for football, but he called on the German to resign from the FIFA group because of his “disgraceful statements” first.
• Klinsmann also received an invitation from the Iranian Football Federation.
• The federation said: “Being German, we promised that Mr. Klinsmann would not be judged by the worst incident in the history of the World Cup, (the Gijón scandal) in 1982 when West Germany and Austria conspired to determine the outcome. As a former player, he will not be judged by his famous dramatic excesses.”
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