Fatemi upset with 0-0 draw

PLDC - In the 6th week of the Iranian Professional League, Esteghlal Tehran faced Foolad Khouzestan, on Sunday, 8/12/2002, and drew with the result of 0-0. After the match, Faraz Fatemi, Esteghlal striker commented, “I am really upset because we could not score no matter how hard we tried. 
We played well at all times and increased the pressure in the last 20 minutes.”

“We could not score even one goal at home in front of Esteghlal fans. Foolad defended well and Mirzapour, Foolad goalkeeper, was very effective. Esteghlal did not perform well. The Takhti field prevented us from playing a nice game and the center of pitch is so bad you cannot play there. We were forced to move up from the wings which were blocked by the Foolad players.”

“We will hopefully play better in the next matches on better pitches.”