Tehran- TMDC report:

In the post-match press conference of the Iran – Lebanon match, Theo Buecker, the German coach of Lebanon admitted that his team did all it can but was not good enough against Iran. “With all those missing players, and practically a brand new team, not much was expected from this match against a powerful opposition” The German coach declared.

When asked by an Iranian reporter why did his team resort to un-sportsmanship behavior  during the match like time wasting , the temperamental German coach said that this was an insult to the team and he stormed out of the press conference in protest.

Theo Buecker was evidently upset about calling someone else calling his team tactics , as dirty , while the coach himself , admitted that some players have sold a series of matches includiong two Qatar games in these FIFA World Cup qualifiers and a match against Bangladesh!

Storming out of press conferences has become quite trendy in Iran. Carlos Queiroz has done it a couple of times and hence the word has obviously reached the German coach as well. Despite some imprudent and meaningless questions that the Iranian media asks the coaches during such conferences, the act of leaving a press conference which is a mandatory requirement by FIFA needs to be addressed and preventive measures taken to ensure the proper conduct an behavior of all sides, else they are becoming a farce. Offenders ( the coaches in this case) should be Fined or suspended as appropriate.

Interestingly enough , in the mixed zone of Azadi after the match today , a reporter who obviously was devoid of any meaningful dialogue or questions , asked Javad Nekounam , Team Melli’s Captain and the scorer of two goals , about his views on the upcoming Iranian Presidential election!!! Nekounam calmly responded to him “I am a professional footballer who just played an important match , what has the election to do with what we are doing?”