Sepahan Esfahan defender Hadi Aghili is bitter about the lack of support and absence of any moves to return him back to Team Melli similar to other players.

In an interview with ISNA , Aghili said “there has been a strong lobby to return Rahmati to Team Melli for the World Cup. Similarly , when a player like Payam Sadeghian is not selected , lots of people are upset, demanding his inclusion while questioning the coach’s decision. On the other hand, I have no such lobby and no one has publicly or privately called for  the return of Hadi Aghili to Team Melli.”

“I have played my role for my country and I am always proud to serve my nation. Perhaps I made a mistake , or maybe I did not , but regardless of all that , It is prudent to recognize my long services for Team Melli. Certain players from certain clubs have immense lobbying power, we don’t have that power in Sepahan. If I was a player in a club with 20 million supporter , things might have been different.”

Hadi Aghili left the camp of Team Melli without permission in what looked like a protest against being benched for a match. The move which has greatly upset Queiroz , resulted from him being permanently excluded from selection to the team , as long as Queiroz is the coach.

Hadi Aghili never came up to properly apologize to the federation or the coach for his misdemeanor and lack of respect for the team spirit and coach.