We Could Have Won Like Last Season; / Abdi: Persepolis Is Better This Year Than Last Year

The owner of the Khaybar club thanked the coaching staff and players after the draw against Persepolis.

According to Sport Seh, Masoud Abdi said after Khyber Khorramabad's goalless draw against Persepolis in the delayed match of the seventh week of the Premier League: Persepolis is a very good team and this year their team is much better than last year, but it's a pity. We could have scored in the 85th minute and won the match like last year.

Referring to the presence of Khyber spectators in the stadium, he said: The enthusiastic atmosphere of the spectators gave us a lot of energy, and I think this was the main factor of this exciting game of Khyber youth. Mr. Timuri, who ruined that situation, is our 20-year-old local player and he scored a goal against Chadormello last week. I hope we were a good host and the atmosphere in the stadium was great.

The owner of Khyber said about the condition of Takhti Stadium in Khorramabad: This stadium has been renovated to its maximum capacity by the governor and the governor himself has followed up, but a modern stadium called Lorraena is under construction and soon, God willing, our country will be proud of this stadium.

Abdi explained about Khyber's goal this season: This year we want to be in the same single-digit ranking as last year, and we deserve it. We were unlucky in the last four games. Those things happened in the Nesasi game, and last week we scored a goal in the 96th minute.

He continued: I only have one request from the fans. I usually don't have any expectations from the fans, because they are the most loving fans of Iran, but if the same atmosphere that was in the Persepolis game is the same in Sunday's game against Esteghlal Khuzestan, you will see how proud our team will be. My request is that we experience the same atmosphere in the stadium on Sunday so that we can win the game and have better conditions in the table.

In the end, with a question about Persepolis' offer to recruit Abuzar Safarzadeh in summer transfers, Abdi said: They offered transfers late, but we did not have an alternative and we disagreed. In addition, we had other players who had offers, but the priority was Khyber's own problems. I think you all agree that Khyber plays very good football and I really thank Mr. Kamalvand, the technical staff and the players. I ask that the fans come enthusiastically on Sunday.