Iranian football team captain slams FIFA over ‘unfair’ competition, says ‘it’s disaster World Cup’

The captain of the Iranian National Football Team has criticized FIFA and its president, Gianni Infantino, over their handling of football’s biggest tournament, the World Cup, calling the treatment his team has been subjected to “unfair,” Anadolu reports. “It’s a disaster World Cup; a disaster,” Mehdi Taremi told reporters after a third group stage draw with Egypt early Saturday, lamenting that FIFA has been unable to solve the problems they have faced since the start of the tournament on June 11. “They (FIFA) have to solve every problem here, but unfortunately, they couldn’t solve since the beginning.” Taremi added: “Mr. Infantino came to our changing room after first game and he said, ‘it’s just the beginning,’ but it’s group stage finishes […]