🔻Hamed Momeni, Acting Secretary General of the Football Federation, said: “In an in-person meeting with the Secretary General of the UAE Football Federation, the issue of Tractor Club’s trip to the UAE to play Al Ain in the AFC Champions League, and also the authorization for the club’s charter flight landing were raised and discussed.”

🔹According to him, the Secretary General of the UAE Football Federation promised to follow up on the landing authorization for Tractor Club’s charter flight, “and it was decided that the necessary coordination in this regard would be carried out.”

🔹This verbal promise came while Hojjat Karimi, the managing director of Tractor Club, today announced the possibility that the team might withdraw from the match against Al Ain in the third week of the AFC Champions League: “In this regard, we have written to the AFC, the UAE federation, and Al Ain. But if they don’t grant permission from our own aviation company (ATA), then our trip to the UAE and the match with Al Ain will be off the table.”