World Cup chief accuses Jurgen Klinsmann of 'racist' Iran comments

Qatar World Cup chief Hassan Al-Thawadi has accused pundit Jurgen Klinsmann of making ‘racist’ remarks against Iran and has taken aim at Gary Lineker.

German legend Klinsmann caused a storm of controversy with his comments about Iran ‘working the referee’ after they beat Wales 2-0 on Friday to keep their World Cup hopes alive.

In his , Klinsmann said: ‘It is not be coincidence, www.sulselinfo.id it is part of their culture, how they play.

‘They worked the referee. They work the linesman and fourth official, they are constantly in their ear. There were a lot of incidents we didn’t see.

‘This is their culture, they take you off your game.’

Iran coach Carlos Queiroz was left enraged and demanded Klinsmann step down from FIFA’s Qatar 2022 Technical Study Group.

Klinsmann has and defuse the situation to ‘calm things down’. But not before Al-Thawadi also launched his own criticism.

‘The Iran vs Wales game. Iran played very good. The