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Mohammadreza Zanouzi, after Tractor's draw with Al-Shamal, criticized the unequal travel conditions faced by Iranian teams.

According to Sports Se, Tractor drew against Shamal in the second week of the Asia Elite League to keep waiting for its first victory in this competition. After this match, Mohammad Reza Zenozi, the owner of Tractor Club, criticized the conditions of this team's trip to Oman and the tight schedule of the games, and complained about the discrimination between Iranian teams. He also referred to the flight problems of Tractor and Golgohar to participate in the Asian competitions, and demanded the involvement of the Asian Football Confederation in this matter and emphasized that if this situation continues, the Tractor club will follow up through legal and international channels.

At the beginning, Zanoozi said: The children were tired and we should thank them. They were traveling for 18 hours and the planning of the games inside the country was impressive and on the other hand, as I have said many times, justice is not respected. One team goes on the government's VIP flight and one team comes with adversity. Although we are the host, we are playing in another country. I don't know who to complain to. Should those who said that Mr. Medzikian support the tractor answer now and say that Mr. Medzikian supports the tractor or is the poor man sitting and worrying about people's problems? Men do whatever they want. I know that Mr. Medeshkian doesn't know that a team is going to a country on a government VIP flight, but anyway, his subordinates and the federation and the government are doing something to beat everyone. If it were up to them, they would have at least told us that instead of going to Najaf and Baghdad, we would have come to Qatar with the same team and taken a flight from Qatar to here.

He continued: People are trapped and have only one happiness, which is football, so why don't we provide them with facilities? We did everything we could, but from one point to the next, we are rejected. If it was a flight, I would have done it myself, but when they don't allow us and send another team on a government flight, they at least let us know. I have nothing to say, I'm just saying that now that you left, you said that Golgohar and I were coming on the same flight. We just went to Najaf from Tabriz and poor Golgohar came to Tehran from Sirjan and changed the airport from Tehran and went to Najaf from there. We should not expect these players to get better results with this fatigue and with the intensity of the games. As long as they came here, their hand should not hurt. At least we didn't lose to Merizad. But this team really deserves to win and make people happy.

The owner of the tractor club said about this club's plan to play with Pakhtakor: I don't know. We should write to AFC. I don't think it will happen in Tabriz. I also heard today that Saudi Arabia is in trouble and other teams cannot play in Saudi Arabia. We have to go write a letter. You say that football is not political, if it is not political, why do they stop our flights and not let us come on our own flight? It is not the justice of football that a team comes with a thousand penalties and a team goes wherever it wants with a direct flight. If the AFC seeks to do justice, it must consider these issues and examine the problems. There are many problems, especially for Iranians. We expect AFC officials to manage this matter, because if this does not happen, we will have to take legal action to legal and international authorities.

He went on to address the officials and said: I am complaining about the officials of the country. One does not want to do a series of discussions in these political, security and war conditions. I am looking for cohesion and unity in the country, and that is why I haven't talked about football for a while. I am looking for a unity for the country and as our beloved leader said, this will happen and people will seek unity, but things are being done that we expect will not happen. Either for no one, or for everyone.

In response to a question about corruption in the federation, Zanoozi said: I don't believe in financial corruption in the federation, but corruption is very discriminatory and I have been saying this for a while, but unfortunately it has not been dealt with until today. Of course, one of the media sent me a message yesterday that I said a team like this and a team like that, I have been saying discrimination and justice for how long. He said that you are right here. I told one more thing from them that they said, unfortunately, you are right here too. I said that all the issues are the same and everyone secretly knows that we are right, but when they come in front of the camera, everyone hesitates and behaves differently.

In the end, he said: I have a place to praise and thank the armed forces. I also thank the people who have been involved in the war and supported the armed forces in this one year, and I kiss the hands of the armed forces.