“I don’t know why the referees favored our rivals in the tournament. We gained valuable experience from this,” he added.
Iran finished in fourth place in the event, however Ghotbi believed they could have won the championship if the referees’ decisions did not go against them.
“I am happy we beat the tournament’s champion North Korea in our last match. Although we did not get satisfying results in the Qatar tournament we made good assessments of our players’ capabilities,” Ghotbi said.
