After the match with Esteghlal Khuzestan, Said Fathi, the head of the football organization of the Esteghlal club in Tehran, said about the controversial dismissal of Yasser Assani in the final minutes of the game: "In any case, Assani is a human being and a footballer, and this amount of pressure shows itself somewhere and the player can no longer bear it." He said, "The pressure of the competition itself is heavy; I'm not going to defend the easy move of the day, but rest assured that these margins were not without influence in the occurrence of this event. "We changed the winning game into a draw, although that one point was not bad considering the conditions of the game." Also, the coach of Esteghlal, Uzhan Bizti, said at the press conference after the game: "From the beginning of the game, the linesman started to lose focus and you should know that we didn't have the strength to fight with the referee and play with 9 players. "He caused the player's concentration to break and he was sent off." On the other hand, Esteghlal Club demanded in a statement to investigate the events of Jadir Ahvaz Stadium during the match with Esteghlal from Khuzestan. More details.

After the match with Esteghlal Khuzestan, Said Fathi, the head of the football organization of the Esteghlal club in Tehran, said about the controversial dismissal of Yasser Assani in the final minutes of the game: "In any case, Assani is a human being and a footballer, and this amount of pressure shows itself somewhere and the player can no longer bear it." He said, "The pressure of the competition itself is heavy; I'm not going to defend the easy move of the day, but rest assured that these margins were not without influence in the occurrence of this event. "We changed the winning game into a draw, although that one point was not bad considering the conditions of the game." Also, the coach of Esteghlal, Uzhan Bizti, said at the press conference after the game: "From the beginning of the game, the linesman started to lose focus and you should know that we didn't have the strength to fight with the referee and play with 9 players. "He caused the player's concentration to break and he was sent off." On the other hand, Esteghlal Club demanded in a statement to investigate the events of Jadir Ahvaz Stadium during the match with Esteghlal from Khuzestan. More details.