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INGLEWOOD, California June 20 (Reuters) – Iran coach Amir Ghalenoei has criticised their increasingly difficult preparation conditions for Sunday’s World Cup match against Belgium, questioning why U.S. authorities appear willing to offer his team greater travel flexibility for their final \u200bgroup game but not their opening fixtures.<\/div>\n
Iran have spent the tournament based in Tijuana, Mexico, commuting to \u200cthe U.S. for their Group G matches because of restrictions surrounding their stay in the country, an issue that has drawn scrutiny throughout the World Cup.<\/div>\n
U.S. officials have said the Iran squad’s travel arrangements would continue to be assessed, while discussions over easing some restrictions have continued.<\/div>\n
Speaking on \u200bSaturday, Ghalenoei said the latest schedule left his team with less than 16 hours to prepare and forced \u200bthem to cut training short ahead of their meeting with Belgium.<\/div>\n
“We only managed to train \u2060half the time we usually spend on training,” he told reporters via an interpreter. “We wanted to have optimal physical and \u200btechnical preparation.”<\/div>\n
The coach said the situation was worse than before Iran’s opening 2-2 draw with New Zealand. He said that before \u200bthat match they had 24 hours to train.<\/div>\n
“The conditions have become even harder,” he said.<\/div>\n
Ghalenoei reserved some of his sharpest criticism for what he described as an inconsistency in the treatment of Iran’s travel plans.<\/div>\n
He said he had been told Iran would have greater control over \u200btheir arrangements before their final group match in Seattle against Egypt on June 26.<\/div>\n
“For the third game, they’ve allowed us \u200bto decide to make our own decisions with regards to planning the travel,” he said. “But what my problem is, why didn’t they let \u200cus come \u2060earlier for the first two games as well?<\/div>\n
“If they’ve managed to do this now, why didn’t they do that for our first game and for this game?”<\/div>\n
Ghalenoei, however, praised FIFA president Gianni Infantino and world soccer’s governing body for attempting to help.<\/div>\n
“I know for sure that FIFA and Mr Infantino are doing the utmost to ease these challenges that we are \u200bfacing,” Ghalenoei said. “I think FIFA \u200bdid its utmost to minimise \u2060the problems we have faced.”<\/div>\n
He also thanked U.S. authorities for facilitating the team’s arrival procedures despite his frustrations over the lost preparation time.<\/div>\n
“Once we entered the United States, they made \u200bsure that in customs everything went smoothly,” he said. “I’d like to thank the U.S. for \u200bthat. But unfortunately, \u2060it’s our training time that they did not give us.”<\/div>\n
Belgium, who opened their campaign with a 1-1 draw against Egypt, arrive as favourites and had more time to settle before the match, according to Ghalenoei. The Iranian coach said his players would nevertheless \u2060focus on \u200bthe football.<\/div>\n
“Look at the Belgium team. They arrived yesterday noon. They’ve managed \u200bto have proper training,” he said.<\/div>\n
“The Belgian team is a very strong and highly respected team and undoubtedly it’s going to be a tough game \u200btomorrow. But we are also Iranians, and we have good players who have great potential.”<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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