“I want to talk to Queiroz to calm things down”

The German Jurgen Klinsmannformer player and former coach and member of the FIFA technical group at the World Cup in Qatar, pointed that out wants to talk to Carlos QueirozIran coach, for clarify his words to the BBC caused great discomfort to the Portuguese and the Federation of Asian countries, which called for his resignation from the said group of experts.

Klinsman explained to the British channel where he works that he intends to talk to Queiroz to “keep things calm” because he understands that “there are things taken out of context”. “I’ll try to call him and calm things down,” he said.

“I never criticized Carlos or the Iranian bench. Some even thought he was criticizing the referee, because he didn’t do anything about the way they behaved on the bench,” said the 1990 world champion.

“Everything like that described his emotional way of doing things, Which is pretty awesome. The whole bench lives the game. They jump around and Carlos is a very emotional coach, he keeps trying to give his players all his energy and direction,” explained Klinsmann.

The Iranian Federation announced that has complained to FIFA for his remarks, which he considered contrary to football and the country and demanded that he apologize and present his resignation as a member of the Technical Study Group of the world body in Qatar 2022.

The Asian nation’s association explains that apart from “many unfortunate considerations about the Iranian national team and its personnel”, the former German player and former coach “Make judgments about Iranian culture.”

“He said that in the Iran-Wales match, the players and staff of the Melli team ‘made the referee work: It was not by chance, It’s part of their culture, their way of playing. They made the referee work'”, recalled the Iranian Federation.

Also, “the Iranian national team invites Mr. Klinsmann to visit the concentration of the Melli team in Doha, to recognize the thousand-year-old Persian culture and the values ​​of football and sport”.

The Iranian Federation points out that despite being German, Klinsmann “will not be judged for the most shameful episode in the history of World Cups, the ‘Disgrace of Gijón’ in 1982, when Federal Germany and Austria fixed a result”.

Queiroz himself published a thread of messages addressed to Klinsmann on his official social media account, whom he blamed for questioning his character without knowing him personally. “with the typical misjudgment of superiority“.

“No matter how much I can handle it respect what you did on the field, Those comments about Iranian culture, the Iranian national team and my players are a disgrace to football. Nobody can destroy our integrity if they are not at our level, of course,” said the Portuguese coach, who also specified that they wanted to invite Klinsmann to the Iranian concentration, “to mingle with the Iranian players and learn from them about the country, the people of Iran, the poets and the art, the algebra, all the ancient arts, the Persian culture, and also hearing from our players how much they love and respect football.”