Tehran, YJC. The Iranian Football Federation has asked cooperation from all entities to help make Iran the host of 2019 AFC Asian Cup matches.
President
of Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ali Kaffashian said "We
have only a few days left. If we want to host this great event all must unite
and do something.”
Kaffashian
who has lately tried hard to make Iran the host of the 2019 games said "One of the
factors in improving sports is hosting. Countries who are able to host do all
they can to do it, even the President tries to make a contribution. But here
when we talk to officials they say it’s Ok, but when we are going to have their
signatures a lot of problems arise. Four years ago also when we tried to host
the Futsal games there was only us and Thailand. But all we looked we could not
gather the majority signatures. Right now also it has been two and a half
months that we have been trying for the 2019 games but we have been
unsuccessful.”
"Although
getting signatures of all officials is hard, we are not disappointed yet and
there is 4-5 more days still. The government-elect has also recommended that we
acquire more time. Yesterday I spoke to the AFC Secretary General and we sent a
letter asking to give us more time if possible,” he continued.