The Esteghlal team is not unaware of the possibility of being eliminated from Asia by the Ministry of Sports.
With 72 hours remaining until the final deadline of the AFC to complete the clubs’ files for the license to participate in the AFC Champions League, Esteghlal’s debt file to Stramaccioni is still not closed.
The hope of Esteghlal’s managers for government assistance through sponsorship from Hamrah-e-Aval has apparently reached a deadlock, as the managers of this economic company do not want to pay any money.
Despite recent meetings, including Sajjadi’s meeting with the Minister of Sports to select the national team coach and even a meeting with the Qatari ambassador in Tehran, no reaction from Seoul regarding the Stramaccioni issue has been seen.