Tasnim - Iranian national football team's coach Carlos Queiroz says that Team Melli is going to secure a win against Uzbekistan in the 2018 World Cup qualification in Group A.

Iran will play the group leader in Tashkent’s Bunyodkor Stadium on Thursday.

“We will play against the best team in our group. Uzbekistan won its first two matches and is leader in Group A. Nonetheless, my team will try to secure the win for the Iranian people,” Queiroz told reporters.

“My team is clearly improving year on year. When I began to work in Iran we had only one player playing for a European side, now we have 11 who are at various clubs in Europe,” Queiroz said.

“[Ashkan] Dejagah and [Alireza] Jahanbakhsh were injured some time ago, but they have recovered and are ready to play against Uzbekistan. It is good news for Iran and bad news for Uzbekistan. Of course, Iran has star players aside from those two, we are a team not individuals, and we have no player selection issues for the game,” the Portuguese added.