(Source: Reuters)Senior members of Iran’s national team have launched a thinly-veiled attack on the country’s football authorities over their perceived lack of support in the build-up to next year’s World Cup finals in Russia. “It seems like nobody here (in Iran) realises that we are now on our journey to the World Cup,” said the statement. Here, even our success is an orphan.”The Iran Football Federation were not immediately available for comment when contacted by Reuters. It praised the support shown by South Korea’s authorities in their country’s attempts to qualify for Russia and said the atmosphere created by the fans at Seoul World Cup Stadium was like a ‘furnace’. They have played at four previous World Cup finals, but never progressed beyond the group stages.

Source: Indian Express September 02, 2017 09:00 UTC