“Enough is enough”, says Ivankovic

June 8th, 2006 | By: Afshin Afshar | 5 Comments »

Coach Branko Ivankovic told reporters that he will be leaving his current post as Team Melli coach no matter what. He has been under a lot of pressure in the last year or so.

“Even if we qualify for the next phase, the attacks on me will continue,” he said. “Enough is enough.”

To his defense, Iranian sports media has taken tabloid style reporting of football to a new heights. At times, they even fabricate interviews or reports in order to sell their publications!

Tags: Branko Ivankovic, Iran, Iranian Football Federation, IRIFF, Team Melli

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Comments

By Abbas | June 9th, 2006 at 12:11 am

hi Afshin,
How can I post my video clips for you guys. Let me know
thx

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By Afshin Afshar | June 9th, 2006 at 12:27 am

Hi Abbas,

Can you put them on youtube ande mail the link to me?

My email is:

afshin_afshar(at)yahoo(dot)com

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By kaveh | June 9th, 2006 at 12:32 am

i don’t understand why Branko is announcing this news now, because the morale of Team Melli would not benefit of such comments before the crucial game against mexico.

By Afshin Afshar | June 9th, 2006 at 12:46 am

Hi Kaveh,

I wouldn’t worry about that because everybody knew he was going to leave. So he just stated the obvious.

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By kaveh | June 9th, 2006 at 3:09 am

Hi Afshin jan

thank you for providing all these beautiful posts and keeping us up to date with the recent Team Melli events.

I wish you all the best.
May God be with TM.

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