Beijing time (CEST) June 27, FIFA World Cup Group G Round 3, Egypt 1-1 Iran. After the match, Iranian striker Taremi gave an interview in the mixed zone.

First, what are your feelings about the dramatic ending of this match?

Unfortunately, I feel sad, but we still have hope. People always have hope. We had good energy in the dressing room after the game. So let's see what happens next. I'm looking forward to tomorrow's game and to see the result.

Do you know if you have to return to Tijuana tonight?

Yes, we have to return. We've been complaining about these things from the beginning.

This has been a disastrous FIFA World Cup. I mean, FIFA should have solved all the problems here, but unfortunately, they haven't managed to resolve them from the start.

Infantino came to our training center during the first match and said it was just the beginning. But the group stage ends tomorrow, and our logistics team isn't here—they don't have visas.

How is it possible that we always have to go to Tijuana? We love the Mexican people, we love Tijuana, it's a good place, they are very humble, we love them.

But as professional players in a professional competition, this is not right. Yes, that's our opinion. Because now we have to go to Tijuana again. Without recovery, without anything, this is unfair. In our opinion, this is unfair. If FIFA thinks this is fair, then okay, good luck to them. But this is not fair.

Who wants to help us? If they want us out, okay, help us leave. But this is not fair. We have no recovery. We have no logistics team here to help us either. What else can we say? We're complaining about these things, but nobody helps. Nobody.

You just complained about travel problems. What are your thoughts on VAR disallowing two goals in two consecutive matches by a few centimeters, after you watched the replays?

That's a football matter. But we're complaining about non-football issues, because these details are also important in football. You know, recovery is important; small details can affect a football match.

Yes, we just... we have hope, as I said, we have good energy in the dressing room. We'll keep looking forward and we'll see what happens in tomorrow's game.

Sorry, there's nothing to look forward to about the game, because in this situation, from the beginning until now, we've done our best for 90 minutes. We're proud of ourselves. If something goes wrong, it's my responsibility because I missed the penalty. If the team manages to advance from the group stage, then thank God.

Do you think someone wants Iran out of this competition as quickly as possible? Do you think it would be more convenient for FIFA and U.S. authorities if Iran weren't in the competition? And do you, as a team, have to fight against these things?

We have to fight against everything here. I don't know if people think that way, but from our perspective, yes, I think they like it.

How is it possible? You play for 90 minutes under so much pressure, and then we have to return. Imagine if we advance from the group stage tomorrow, if we're lucky and advance from the group stage, but we have no recovery—how is that possible?

Can you explain? Have you felt disappointed at this FIFA World Cup?

No, we've done our best. We'll always do our best. We fight for our people. We want to make them happy, we want to bring them joy. We want to send a message of peace to people inside Iran, outside Iran, to FIFA, to everyone.

But what others give us is not peace. Who will help us solve this problem? Who? FIFA? I don't know. The U.S.? I don't know. Who? Tell me a name.

Can Infantino do more to solve this problem?

As I said, Infantino came during the first match and said he would solve all the problems here. But in reality, nothing.

Our logistics team isn't here. Look, we don't have media—where is our own media? You can check; there's no media here. No media. Nobody. I don't know where the equipment manager is, none of them. Nobody. Vice-president, president—where are these people?

How much would you like to be able to stay here and just talk about what happens on the football pitch, instead of all these things off the pitch?

On the football pitch? Do you mean this game? No, we have strength. As you saw, we played well. I think we fought for 90 minutes—it was perfect. Yes, because of some small details, we couldn't win the game.

But we're here, we're here, we want to prove ourselves. As I said, we want to bring joy to our people. But, I mean, small details affect the game. Recovery is important, a clear mind is important, but we don't have a clear mind here.

You've mentioned various situations. I want to ask—this game has been called the "Battle of Pride," and there's been a lot of discussion about it. How does that factor affect you?

In our religion, our religion does not accept this. But we respect all LGBT groups. That's their opinion, it has nothing to do with us. We're here to play football. We respect all these people. If you have questions about the game, I'll answer them.

Can you talk about the connection between you and your teammates in the dressing room? There's a video online of you speaking with the entire team. Tell us about your relationship and your desire to continue this journey with them.

Taremi's pre-match motivation: Don't have a weak mentality when facing renowned stars, clear your mind and run as much as you can.

Yes, we hope to continue our journey. We have good energy internally, but we also have to speak about these external factors. We have to say these things, because we can't always keep them to ourselves. Some people don't like us, but we feel that this is not right.

I think we have good energy, positive energy in our dressing room. We'll continue. Let's see what happens tomorrow.

One last question. Given everything you've been through, what would it mean for Iranian football to reach the knockout stage?

Honestly, my friend, we came here to make our history. We're pursuing that goal. We've done everything for them.

I don't know what else to say. We'll just wait for tomorrow. If our dream becomes reality, thank God; if not, I think we're still proud of our game, of our players. For everything we've done over these three matches, we're proud. Let's see what happens.

Send a message to FIFA.

FIFA is doing its best. We know they also have some problems they can't solve, you know.

But football should not be part of politics. It shouldn't be. That's what we want, that's the message we want to leave. That's it.

Traduzido por IA.

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