Earlier in April, the Iranian squad was seeded against South Korea, Uzbekistan, Syria, Qatar and China in group A of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Asian Qualifiers Final Round following the official draw which took place in Kuala Lumpur.
In the first encounter which took place on Thursday September 01, the Persian Cheetahs took on and thrashed Qatari rivals in Tehran’s Azadi Sports Complex. Later on Tuesday September 06, Persian Cheetas lined up against the players of the Chinese national team at Shenyang Olympic Sports Center Stadium in Chinese city of Shenyang with both teams leaving the pitch with a scoreless draw.
The Iranian outfit is scheduled to compete against Uzbek and South Korean rivals in the two upcoming contests. Accordingly, Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese manager of Iran's national football team, released a roster of players for the match against the two Asian teams.
Alireza Haghighi, Alireza Beiranvand, Mohammadreza Akhbari, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi, Morteza Pourali Ganji, Ehsan Hajisafi, Ramin Rezaeian, Pouria Ghafouri, Saeid Aghaei, Saeid Ezatollahi, Ezatollah Pourghaz, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Soroush Rafiei, Reza Ghuchannejad, Sardar Azmoun, Omid Ebrahimi, Mohammad Ansari, Andranik Teimourian, Ashkan Dejagah, Mehdi Torabi, Vahid Amiri, Mehdi Taromi, Karim Ansarifard and Masoud Shojaei have been invited by Carlos Queiroz for the forthcoming qualifier match.
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