The former head coach of Persepolis football team said: My criticism of Garrido was due to the poor results in the Asian Elite League and we do not expect him to win Persepolis in this cup.
In an interview with Tasnim, Hamid Derakhshan said about the performance of Persepolis up to this point of the season: Persepolis has performed well in the Premier League, and with the victory in its backward game, it can be at the top of the table with two more points than Sepahan. With the continuation of this process, Persepolis can still be the first chance for the championship, but unfortunately, the results of this team in the Asian Elite League are not good and it has become difficult to advance to the elimination stage. However, I hope that Persepolis will get good results in the remaining games and advance to the elimination stage of the elite league.
In response to the question, what are the reasons for Persepolis’ failure to win in the Elite League, he emphasized: We should talk about this in general terms. Arab teams are much higher than Iranian teams in terms of planning, structure and facilities, most importantly they attract million dollar and high quality players and these are the players who make the difference. In this situation, it is really difficult to compete with Arab teams.
Derakhshan mentioned about the criticisms he made about Garrido a few weeks ago: Persepolis will win the league with an Iranian coach. When we bring a foreign coach, we expect the team to do well in Asia. My criticism of Garrido was because of the results of Persepolis in the elite league, of course we do not expect Garrido to make Persepolis the champion of Asia, because we all know what problems Iranian football is facing, but at least we expect that a team like Persepolis will have good conditions in the table. be and compete with the contenders. This team can be among the top four or five teams in West Asia and this expectation is not unreasonable. We all want Persepolis to be successful and I hope that good results will be achieved in the future.
In response to some criticisms of Garrido due to changes in the composition and line of players, the veteran of Persepolis club stated: I have coached and I agree with Garrido to a large extent in this regard. In his interviews, he said that the performance and effort of the players in training is important to him, and based on that, he chooses his players for each game. Of course, a lot of changes and making four changes in the fixed line-up in each match means that you have changed 40% of the team and this can affect the harmony and coordination of the team.