[84745] Harsh criticism of Amir Ghalenoei's tactics in the Iranian national team

Criticism of the Iranian national team's tactics

A storm on social media surrounds the game management of the Iranian national football team. Local sports and news channels are harshly criticizing the tactics dictated by the team's coach, Amir Ghalenoei, with an emphasis on the performance of defender Ramin Rezaeian.

According to the channel جام جهانی فوتبال Sport Bad News, which focuses on sports news and industry criticism, the tactical instruction given to the player is questionably simplistic: "Ramin was told that wherever the ball reaches him on the pitch – cross it" (according to Sport Bad News).

Similar claims were also raised on the channel هات نیوز | فوری 🔴, which sometimes deals with current events in a critical and sarcastic tone. The channel echoed the frustration among fans, noting that Ghalenoei's tactic is "wherever the ball comes to you, cross it – it doesn't matter where, just cross" (according to هات نیوز).

The unified criticism points to a lack of creativity in the national team's game, with sources emphasizing that the almost exclusive reliance on Rezaeian's crosses does not constitute a sufficiently balanced game plan for the team in the international arena.