FNA - Iran's head coach Ali
Daei called up 7 players from Perspolis-Sepahan Championship encounter here
on Saturday.
Iran's National team coach invited Mehdi Vaezi, Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi,
Hossein Kaebi and Mohsen Khalili from Perspolis, and Hajsafi, Bengar and
Aghili from Sepahan to Iranian squad ahead of the UAE match.
Iran team however, was hit with a friendly cancelation blow as previously
scheduled Friendly Fixture against Bosnia on May 26 was called off by Bosnia
Football Federation.
Bosnia coach refused to take charge of a friendly against Iran scheduled for
May 26 as Bosnia Federation scrapped Poland friendly scheduled on the same
day contrary to Kodro's wish, and arranged Iran friendly instead.
Following the event, Bosnia sacked their head coach Meho Kodro.
"We had no choice but to sack Kodro and it was a unanimous decision," said
the Bosnian football association's (NFSBIH) executive board member Hamdija
Abdic, who stepped down after Kodro's dismissal.
"It is obvious that we can't carry on running the FA like this and I have
asked the entire executive board and the presidency to resign too," Bosnian
media reported Abdic as saying on Saturday.
The NFSBIH scrapped a friendly against Euro 2008 qualifiers Poland on May 26
in favor of arranging a match with Iran in Tehran, contrary to former
Barcelona forward Kodro's wishes.
Youth team coach Denijal Piric has been named in temporary charge and his
first game will be a home friendly against Azerbaijan in Zenica on June 1.
