Iran reinstates soccer coach days after he was fired
TEHRAN, Iran –
Simply six days after dismissing Dragan Skocic as head coach, an Iranian Soccer Federation (IFF) spokesman introduced Sunday that the Croatian will lead Iran into November’s World Cup in spite of everything.
Within the newest episode of a chaotic build-up to Group B video games towards England, the US and Wales, Ehsan Osuli mentioned after a gathering of the IFF board of administrators that there had been a change of coronary heart.
“The result of the assembly is that Dragan Skocic is the top coach of Iran’s nationwide group and can proceed to be so,” Osuli mentioned. “He has a contract till the top of the 2023 Asian Cup.”
The federation voted to fireside Skocic, who took the job in early 2020, on July 11 after a pleasant defeat to Algeria in June and reviews of divisions within the group.
Native coaches resembling Ali Daei, Javad Nekounam, Amir Ghalenoi and Afshin Ghotbi had been shortlisted to steer Iran previous the group stage in its sixth World Cup look.
With Skocic now remaining within the job, the federation has appealed for unity.
“We ask that the nationwide group gamers, the media, ex-players and everybody unite for the frequent aim to raise the identify of Iran,” Osuli added.
