Ex-forward Bayatinia hits out at Iran federation over sacking Skocic

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN - Former Iran national football team player, Mohsen Bayatinia, hit out at Iran football federation officials for sacking Iran head
coach Dragan Skocic.The Iranian national team are experiencing sporting problems less than five months before the start of the World Cup in
Qatar after the federation announced the dismissal of the Croatian coach.The Technical Committee of the Football Federation of the Islamic
any other country in the world that they fire the head coach of a national team with no apparent reason just a few months before the World
Skocic's numbers had been positive during his short campaign
It was and still is his right to sit on the bench of the Iranian team in Qatar 2022," added the former player of Esteghlal.Skocic arrived in
early February 2020 to replace the Belgian coach Mark Wilmots.The 53-year-old coach won 15 of the 18 games on the bench, making it through
Bayatinia concluded.Iran football team are pitted against England, Wales, and the U.S
in Group B
21 against England.