Loss due to bust!

The fall of Qassem Soleimani cost Sepahan dearly

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) imposed heavy sanctions on the Iranian team Sepahan due to the crisis of the political symbol in the stadium.
The AFC announced its final decision on the match, which was scheduled to be played at the Naqsh-e Jahan Stadium in Isfahan, but Saudi Arabia’s representative, EI-Ittihad, refused to take the field due to a bust.

According to information provided by IRNA, the AFC Disciplinary and Ethics Committee evaluated the events that led to the cancellation of the match and found Sepahan guilty. According to the decision, Sepahan was defeated 3-0 in the match against EI-Ä°ttihad.

In addition, the Iranian representative was sentenced to pay 200 thousand dollars as a financial penalty, while the penalty of playing the first three home games of the Asian Champions League without spectators was added to the club’s obligations.

Photo: AA

THE BUST OF QASIM SOLEIMANI WAS AN INCIDENT

The match, which was expected to take place between Iran’s Sepahan and Saudi Arabia’s Al-Ittihad team in the Asian Champions League Group C match at the Naqsh-e Jahan Stadium in Isfahan, did not take place. out because it became the focus of a political symbol. .

The Al-Ittihad team demanded the removal of the bust of the former commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, located in the stadium’s players tunnel. After his demands were not met, the Saudi representative claimed that he refused to play the match.

The Sepahan club, for its part, claimed that its Saudi rivals trained the previous day without problems and argued that this situation was deliberately taken advantage of to create a political conflict.

Photo: AA

Iranian Football Federation officials stated that the bust of Soleimani was placed in the stadium in 2021 and that the incident was not directly related to the match.

In the announcement made by the AFC on social media, it was highlighted that the game was canceled due to “unforeseen and unexpected circumstances.”

Soleimani, who died as a result of the US airstrike in Baghdad in early 2020, is remembered as a national hero in Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Emir Abdullahiyan stated that he discussed the issue with the Saudi Foreign Minister and that they agreed that “sport should not be instrumentalized for political purposes.” (AA)

Source: Sozcu

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