Iranian Koosha Delshad leaves Brazil's Clube Comercial de Paiui after a game

February 6 – Iranian coach Koosha Delshad has resigned from Brazilian club Piaui following racist abuse.

Delshad had recently arrived as the new manager of Clube Comercial de Paiui, but his debut also became his last game when fans called him a terrorist and said the coach would put a bomb on the ground.

"My intention was to help, but due to the lack of support and the crimes of xenophobia during the 90 minutes in the stadium, I resigned from my position in the technical staff of the Clube Comercial de Piauí,” said Delshad (pictured).

"I don't believe that a coach who takes over a club in the relegation zone with only two days of training, will do a miracle; nor that he deserves prejudiced and xenophobic insults, such as cries: "Hey, terrorist coach! It is incredible that these actions started the day before on social networks and continued from the first minute of play by the supporters who were next to the substitute bench", he said. he sued.

"Even knowing the situation of the club, the lack of necessary equipment, I took the coaching role, but I could not imagine that on the day of the match three players would announce that they wouldn't enter the stadium! That's when I realized that I was not in a professional club, but in a football school."

Commercial de Piaui plays in the first division of the Piauí State Championship. Delshad will return to Sao Paulo, where he had lived for a decade.

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