We changed the generation, some people don't want to see it!/ National team head coach's claim about youth

Amir Qalanoui defended his performance in changing the generation and youth by naming the players he gave them a chance.

According to Sports 3, youthfulness and generational change are two phrases that have been repeated for months in discussions about the selection of Iranian players. To defend his performance, Ghalenoui points to the arrival of new players and giving opportunities to young players, and critics also question the high age of the list and the level of trust in the new generation.

These criticisms were raised before the World Cup. In the report before the start of the tournament, FIFA's data processing website wrote about the presence of 16 players aged 30 or older in Iran's roster. In the internal critical reports, the names of young players were mentioned, who they believed could gain experience for the future by participating in this tournament.

Before the friendly meeting with Uzbekistan on the first of Mehr, Qalanoui himself had made a difference between these two concepts. In that meeting, he said: "The national team is not a place for youthism, but a place for changing generations" and explained that the training of young players should be done in clubs and at the grassroots level so that the senior team can use the result. Now his emphasis is that during his presence, both generational change and rejuvenation have been done.

Razzakinia is one of the specific examples of Iran's head coach. This midfielder played his first game for Iran in the match against North Korea on June 20, 1404. After the recent meeting with Uzbekistan, Amirhossein Mahmoudi also thanked Etamed Ghalenoi and said that despite playing limited minutes in Persepolis, he was still under the supervision of Iran's technical staff. These are the examples that Ghalenoui cites to defend giving the new generation a chance.

In response to the criticism, Ghalenoui said: "Fortunately, we changed the generation and rejuvenated, but some people don't want to see and we can't do anything. A person who is asleep can be woken up very soon, but some friends have put themselves to sleep and cannot be woken up.

He continued: "For example, Razzaqinya was compared to North Korea almost 500 days ago when no one knew him. Mahmoudi, Aria Yousefi, Saleh Hardani and... We gave space to the young player as much as you want and changed the generation. With all the problems and concerns we had, we were able to do this well. If other friends have a different view, their view is respected."

The head coach of the Iranian team explained about the conversation with the experts: "The door of the national center and the Pak building is open. We decided to invite some dear experts this week, and even those who are our critics, come and talk. Maybe next week we will invite many dear coaches. Many coaches called me and I thank them. "Their phone was a good morale for us, especially with the attack that some friends brought."

He then said, "Friends, as long as they were the people they wanted to be, everything was white, but whatever we do, it's black, because we're not their kind."

In another part of this conversation, when it was told to Qalanewi that some people were rewarded for winning a friendly game and there was no objection, he replied: "Yes, now you see the rule of the previous board of directors is that they gave bonuses for games in the World Cup, but now the technical staff has not received that bonus." My plea is that when it comes to financial matters, everyone should come clean. what's wrong Clarify and say that this program is for the sake of the people or for financial issues."

Ghalenoui further emphasized: "My question is why this pressure should only be on the Iranian coach? Maybe their interests are not the same anymore."