FRANCE 98 – USA-Iran – J. Talebi: “It was a great pleasure to watch this game”

” I would like to say that the UNITED STATES team played very well. We put everything into this match and we had a lot of chances. Anyway, I would like to congratulate the American team as well as their coach Steve SAMPSON.

My team completely dominated the game. I was very excited from beginning to end and it was a great pleasure to watch this game. It wasn’t easy, because the media had put a lot of pressure on this match.

Against GERMANY (Group F), I hope that my team will play the same football as they did this evening. It will not be easy to beat such a team, but if we do, it will be against the world’s greatest players”.