Tehran

The Portuguese coach of Team Melli Iran , stormed out of the press conference held this morning  (Sunday) after being upset with the chaotic and disruptive reporters.

The press conference was part of the routine communication channel that has been established with the media in order to public to be aware of Team Melli’s progress and news. The Sunday press conference was supposed to discuss the Wednesday match against Uzbekistan in the Qualifying rounds of FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014.

Queiroz curt the conference short after he was repeatedly interrupted by one of the TV reporters fiddling with his microphone. Queiroz asked to reporter to go back to his seat so that he continues with the conference, but the disruptive reporter did not heed to the advice and continued unabated. Queiroz , visibly upset , then walked off and  cut the conference short.

Scenes of chaotic movement , pushing and shoving, unruly behavior and indiscipline  is quite normal in press conferences in Iran. Proper facilities for Press Conferences in Iran did not exist in earnest until AFC demanded such facilities as a precondition for Iran’s participation in Asian competitions.

Many coaches have previously complained about the unruly behavior of the media including during the press conferences.  A few local and foreign coached have boycotted or withdrawn from these events, however , it is the first time that a Team Melli coach has had ot with the media and cut short a press conference.