Mohun Bagan SG Not Travelling To Iran Keeping ''Players Safety In Mind''

30.09.2024 - 18:13 sports.ndtv.com

Keeping their players' "safety and security" in mind, Mohun Bagan Super Giant have decided against travelling to Iran for their AFC Champions League match against Tractor FC owing to the existing volatile situation in the west Asian nation.

Mohun Bagan SG were scheduled to play Tractor FC on Wednesday and were to fly directly from Bengaluru after their Indian Super League fixture against Bengaluru FC on Sunday.

But the Indian heavyweight club, instead, opted to return to Kolkata after their players expressed unwillingness to play in Iran at a time when the country has announced a state of mourning for five days following the death of a prominent general in its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in an Israeli air strike. "Our 35 registered players, including seven foreigners, wrote to club that they don't want to go to Iran now.

So we tagged their letters and wrote to the AFC, asking them to either reschedule the match or move the game to a neutral venue," a Mohun Bagan source told PTI on Monday from Kolkata. "We have decided to not travel to Iran keeping our players' safety and security in mind, because that is paramount.

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