Saeed Ahmad Abbasi said about the November camp of Iran’s national futsal team: Young and experienced players came to the camp with preparation and we had a very good camp. We reviewed team tactics and had a friendly match with Iran’s national deaf team, which was a respectable team. Our problem is that these camps do not lead to a good international match. The Football Federation supports the national team as much as possible, but the friendly match is the most important point for success.
Iranian players will go to the Futsal World Cup from Del League
He said about the role of preparing the preparatory game in realizing the goal of Iran’s promotion to the Futsal World Cup finals: Iran benefits from capable players and good potential to advance to the World Cup finals. In the 2021 World Cup, we were ahead of Kazakhstan with a score of 2-0, and we lost, and in 2024, the same happened (4-3 defeat) against Morocco. Friendlies have a big impact on the team’s success, but our players don’t go head-to-head with big teams, and we go to the World Cup from the bottom of the league to play teams like Brazil and Morocco.
The fear of the players spills over into the preparatory games
Futsal Asia’s man of the year 2024 continued his remarks and noted: In this situation, it is clear that we will not reach the desired result. If our players face big teams and their fear falls in preparatory matches, we can achieve success. Games like the Thailand tournament, which will be held in March, will be a good opportunity to prepare the national team.
Gittipasand returns to the place it deserves
Ahmad Abbasi said about the unexpected results of Getipasand Isfahan in the current season of Futsal Premier League: This year, Getipasand is not in a good condition in terms of results and table position, and we have shamed the fans. We provide a good performance in the games and we hope to improve day by day to get the desired results for ourselves, the technical staff and the fans. As the captain of Gittipasand, I promise the fans and people of Isfahan that they will see a different team in the second half of the season, and Gittipasand will return to the position he deserves.
We didn’t want to part with Gittipasand in this difficult situation
He said about the difference between the cost of Gittipasand and some of the contenders for this year’s championship and the contract reduction of some members of the Isfahani team: This year they are competing with teams that have spent a lot of money and these costs are the lifeblood of these teams. In this season, no one had to stay in Gittipasand and the players did not want to leave Gittipasand in these difficult conditions. The managers of the club left the hands of the players open and everyone had the right to choose. If a player had a higher offer, he could go to another team.
Reducing contracts does not affect player effort
The captain of the Gittipasand team stated that the students of Mohammad Keshavarz are trying to bring the champion of the last three seasons of the Premier League to the best position, and stated: Gittipasand has left no stone unturned for the players in the past years and I was the first one to sign my contract. Later, people like Mohammad Hossein Derakhshani and Sepehr Mohammadi signed a contract and all of them did this with their heart and soul. All the players coped with the conditions of the club and the contract issue did not cause their efforts to be less than last year.
It doesn’t matter if I become the Asian man of the year or Tayyibi
Ahmad Abbasi said about the competition with Hossein Tayibi from Iran and Mohammad Osman Moussa from Thailand for the title of 2026 Asian Futsal Man of the Year: Tayyabi and I are rivals on the field, but our friendship off the field is stronger than this competition. It is important for me that this award goes to an Iranian player and that the hearts of the people of our country become happy. It doesn’t matter if I become the Asian Man of the Year or Hossein Tayibi, and I’m sure he has the same feeling. It is important that this title goes to an Iranian player and the flag of our country’s futsal is raised.
I was not a soldier, I was playing in Spain
In response to the question whether he still wants to be transferred to European futsal club teams or not, he stated: I am definitely thinking about becoming a legionnaire. However, I have to see what happens to my holy military service. If I didn’t have such a problem, I would have played in Spain in the past years. Of course, I do not regret being in Iran and the Gittipasand team. I hope that the situation will be such that the players of the national team will become legionnaires and bring pride to Iran without having to worry about military service and the challenge of leaving the country.
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