Iran’s coach Carlos Queiroz has laid into a British journalist Shaimaa Khalil for asking him a question regarding the protests in the country. The former Manchester United assistant coach was quick to bring in other political disputes to show the hypocrisy in the western world.
“Why don’t you ask the other coaches? Why don’t you ask Southgate: what do you think of England and the United States that left Afghanistan and all the women alone?” Queiroz replied.
As you might expect by now, the 2022 FIFA World Cup has attracted a lot of attention in terms of football matches and politics so far. As this is the first World Cup taking place in the Middle East, the headlines are also piling up on things outside the football pitch.
Recently, Germany’s football team was also part of the political controversies as they sent a message to FIFA by covering their faces before facing Japan. According to the reports, seven countries refused to wear a One Love armband in World Cup matches after international football’s governing body, FIFA, threatened sanctions.
Iran is set to take on Wales on Friday in their second World Cup group game. They lost their opening match 6-2 to England respectively.
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