An Italian report revealed that there is a small possibility that the International Football Association “FIFA” will exclude Iran from the 2022 World Cup, despite its qualification, and recall the Italian national team instead.
The Iranian Football Association fears the possibility of banning its participation in the World Cup that will be held in Qatar later this year, following women were prevented from attending the match that the Iranian team won 2-0 once morest its Lebanese counterpart on Tuesday in the Asian qualifiers for the World Cup. .
Mehrdad Serdachi, a board member of the Iranian Football Association, wrote on Twitter: “We are hearing disturbing news from FIFA and the Asian Confederation. If a penalty is imposed, those involved in the bitter accident in the city of Mashhad will be responsible.
It was reported that the police used pepper spray, when the protests started from women who were collecting tickets and were not allowed to enter to watch the match.
And the “Sport Media Set” network revealed that a team that qualified for the World Cup, such as Iran, cannot be excluded, except in the case of the suspension or expulsion of the country’s football association by FIFA.
She added: If Iran is excluded, the FIFA will choose the highest-ranked team who did not qualify for the tournament, in which case it will be Italy.
And she continued: The Italian Federation will certainly put pressure on the organizers and sponsors of the tournament in order for this to happen, but it remains closer to science fiction.
Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the second consecutive year, following losing to North Macedonia in the play-off of the old continent.
