Iran players 'fight' with Qatar fans after loss

According to Hamshahri Online , at the end of the match, many players of the Iranian team collapsed and burst into tears. In contrast, the players of the Qatar team ran to the stands and celebrated happily. Too bitter with these images, 4 players including Ali Gholizadeh, Mehdi Taremi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Mohammad Mohebi ran to fight with the players of the Qatar team and provoked the fans present at Al Thumama stadium. Fortunately, the security force intervened in time, bringing all the players of the Iranian team into the tunnel.

“After the match ended, coach Amir Ghalenoei stood in a corner, stunned, then went into the dressing room. He seemed to have no emotion left when the Iranian team lost the match to Qatar. In contrast, Ali Gholizadeh, Mehdi Taremi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Mohammad Mohebi had a shameful image. They fought and cursed at the opposing fans. In fact, during the match, there were arguments, but the bad image appeared again at the end of the match. We lost both on and off the field. A shameful image. Fortunately, most media outlets stopped broadcasting at that time,” Hamshahri Online described.

Striker Mehdi Taremi (white shirt) fights with Qatar fans

Meanwhile, Kooora revealed that the cause of the fight was because Qatari fans kept whistling and yelling at the Iranian team. Striker Mehdi Taremi went to the stands and asked them to be quiet. The number 9 striker of the Iranian team even wanted to climb up to the stands and cause trouble with Qatari fans.

Faced with criticism, Mehdi Taremi spoke out: "These are side issues. In football, there are wins and losses, we celebrate but we cannot disrespect our opponents. Many insulting words have continuously appeared, hurting us. Out of respect for all Iranian people as well as for my teammates, I had to react."

Chaos erupted at Al Thumama Stadium

Qatar players also tried to stop Mehdi Taremi

Regarding this incident, Iran's Khabar Varzeshi website worried: "In contrast to the pride of the Qatar team in winning the match, the Iranian team's players left a bad image by fighting with fans. Fortunately, the security forces intervened in time, otherwise who knows what would have happened.

For now, the Iranian team has been eliminated from the 2023 Asian Cup. We lost in the semi-finals and missed the chance to win the championship. However, that pain may increase if the Asian Football Confederation decides to investigate the incident after the match. Additional penalties may appear when each action of the Iranian players is recorded by the supervisors. Perhaps the Iranian people understand the bitter feeling of losing, but those are spontaneous, shameful actions and should not appear.

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