In Iran’s training match against Senegal, yesterday, the Iranian national team chose to support the protests in the country.
Attacker Sardar Azmoun wrote on Twitter before the post was deleted: “Long live Iranian women!”
Now he is said to have played his last game and is being expelled from the national team, The Telegraph reports.
And the Iranian woman, Mahsa Amin, 22, was arrested for violating the law, because she did not cover her hair with a veil.
In custody, she was later beaten so badly that she fell into a coma and eventually died of her injuries.
This led to violent protests in Iran.
Something the Iranian team chose to draw attention to in yesterday’s training match against Senegal, which was held in Austria.
Before the match, the players chose to enter the arena in full black jackets to cover the country’s flag and symbol, to support the protesters against the regime in the country, according to the Telegraph.
At risk of expulsion from the national team
Iranian striker Sardar Azmoun, 27, who plays for Germany’s Bayern Leverkusen every day, is the first player in the national team to come out publicly and support the protesting women.
The attacker wrote on his Twitter account: “The maximum penalty is expulsion from the national team, which is a small price to pay even for the hair of one Iranian woman. Shame on you for killing people so easily. Long live the Iranian woman!”, before deleting his tweet.
Now the attacking star is at risk of being expelled from the national team for supporting the protests, reports Le Parisien.
This means that Serdar Azmoun will miss the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, where Iran will face England in the first match.
The training match between Iran and Senegal ended with a score of 1-1.