Ghalenoei Responds to Key Question: Was Qaedi Dropped Because of Majidi and Stramaccioni?

Amir Ghalenoei, Iran's national team head coach, has spoken about the omission of Mehdi Qaedi and Ruzbeh Cheshmi from the team's recent camp.

Amir Ghalenoui, the head coach of Iran's national team, has talked about not inviting Mehdi Qaidi and Rouzbeh Cheshmi to the recent camp of the national team.

According to ambassador Arjan; The recent list of the national team had many fringes and the non-invitation of some players present in the World Cup caused some problems to Amir Ghalenoui and the technical staff. Two consecutive defeats against Uzbekistan and Russia have increased these criticisms, and now the experienced head coach of the national team has given an explanation regarding the non-invitation of Mehdi Qaidi and Roozbeh Cheshmi.

The host of the program asked about the non-invitation of Mehdi Qaidi and claimed that this player was not invited to the national team this season due to appearing in an internet program and naming Farhad Majidi and Andre Stramachuni as his best coaches.

In this regard, Amir Ghalenoui said: I have a question, Mehdi Qaidi won the premier league with Esteghlal, without a doubt, Esteghlal is higher than Ittihad Kolba in Asia. Why was this player not invited to the national team? Go and ask Mehdi Qaidi who played the most national games during the time of which head coach? At that time and during the period of Mr. Queiroz and Wilmots, he was not invited to the national team. If I were looking for these issues, I would not have invited players from Ittihad Kolba.

Yes, we have principles and a framework that anyone who does not follow will definitely have an impact on their circumstances. But Mehdi Qaidi has played the most national games during my time and we monitor his performance. I wish you would come and see that our colleagues went and saw his games. We checked the minutes played by this player and his performance. I ask you, did Mehdi Qaidi have good conditions this season?

The host repeated his question about appearing in a program and not being invited to the national team. Ghalenoui replied: You are marginalizing again. I say we have a framework that is important to us. Mehdi Qaidi was injured once or twice in America. We formed a great team and they formed a medical commission and reported to us every day. The same was the case with Rozbe Cheshmi. I can definitely tell you that if Rouzbe played every day, 30-40% of our problems would be solved in the World Cup. In every camp, every player who has been invited in advance is still present, and sometimes we give space to other players based on their performance.