Ali Latifi, the former national player and ex-Esteghlal player, said we were lucky, but Queiroz’s fear didn’t let us advance. He became the national team’s head coach through backdoor deals.
Ali Latifi, the former national player and ex-Esteghlal player, told Jamaran that if Mr. Queiroz wasn’t the head coach of the team, I’m sure we would have advanced because we’ve participated in the World Cup six times.
The fear that Mr. Queiroz has and the lack of a plan resulted in these outcomes.
I’ve reviewed all the World Cups we’ve participated in; the weakest group we were in during these six tournaments was this one, and for various reasons, this was the only time we should have advanced.
Including the fact that we had a coach who had been our head coach for nearly 10 years. Nine years is a dream period for any coach in the world, and they can build any team, but Mr. Queiroz hasn’t done anything useful in our football in these nine years.