TEHRAN —
The
Iranian Football Federation (FFIRI) said on Sunday that Dragan Skocic has
been reinstated as coach less than a week after sacking the Croat.
اضافة اعلان
On Monday, the
official IRNA news agency said 53-year-old Skocic had lost his job just five
months before the start of the
World Cup in Qatar.
According to daily
sports newspaper Khabar Varzeshi, the likes of ex-Iran captain and star striker
Ali Daei refused a proposal to take over from Skocic.
“The Board of the
Football Federation has once again emphasized on the all-round support of the
technical staff of the national team, and based on this, the cooperation
between the two sides will continue,” FFIRI said.
Skocic was
appointed in early February 2020 to replace Belgian Marc Wilmots, who left in
December 2019, three matches into the second round of Asian World Cup
qualifying, in a dispute with the federation after two consecutive defeats.
Skocic guided Iran
to first place in their group in both that stage and the final one, to take
Iran to their sixth World Cup. He won 15 of his 18 games in charge.
In Qatar, Iran
kick off their World Cup campaign against England on November 21 with the US
and Wales also in their group.
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