According to the Mehr reporter, Mohsen Khalili, after Persepolis's defeat against Foolad and his own dismissal, said: In my view, the refereeing could not manage the game well, and the whistles it blew and the cards it handed out frayed everyone's nerves.

He continued: In that dismissal incident, Sadeghi was hit several times and I protested for the whistle to be blown, when I saw he showed a red card and said you had come one step forward. If the law is applied this precisely, no one will be left on the bench anymore! I hope that refereeing matters are observed in other matches as much as they are observed in Persepolis's case.

Khalili, regarding the raising of the average-height issue and not playing Amirhossein Mahmoudi, said: That is not right. If that were the case, why would Saeid come onto the pitch? In substitutions, only the technical staff decides, and whoever is good during the week goes onto the pitch. Tartar has shown that he pays attention to all the players.

Regarding a surplus list for the mid-season, he also said: These matters are not true at all, and there is no surplus list in existence.

Source: Mehr