🔻Saeqatolahi, the coach of Pâykan, in a press conference after the match against Shams Azar, responded to a question about hitting/striking Hojjat Ahmadi: «I don’t know if I wasn’t paying attention, and now you’re asking this question. Hojjat is a good-hearted kid and he works hard. It didn’t happen in any way that we would talk about it.»

🔹Elhami said: «He is a good kid and nothing special happened. I didn’t even notice; I was just saying “congratulations/hope you rest well” as a general thing. Besides him, I said that to a couple of other players too. Believe me, I don’t remember anything.»