IRNA – Care-taker of Iran’s National Football Team spoke here Wednesday of team’s Saturday departure from Tehran to Thai capital city, Bangkok on Saturday evening.
Ahmad Ebrahimi added in a phone talk with IRNA Sports Desk, “The team’s technical advisors will announce the final list of the Iranian national side after the end of the game between Tehran’s Esteqlal Football Club and Qom’s Saba Battery Club.”
Focusing on warm up exercises of the team members prior to their world cup preliminary against Thailand, he said, “Preparations for the purpose have been made and our national team would on next Sunday, Monday and Tuesday play their warm up games at the private football stadium of a Thai team in Bangkok.
Ebrahimi said that the number of warm up games that the Iranian National Football Team would play will depend on the decision of the team’s technical advisors.
The care taker of the team focusing on the presence of the legionary players of the team at the world cup qualifier match, said, “Keeping in mind that the date of this game is not within any FIFA Calendar days, those players are not invited.”
He said that the assistant coach of the team, Erich Rotte Muller would be accompanying the team in this game.
Ebrahimi also noted that the Iranian National Football Team would also play a warm up at the camp of the national football teams next Saturday.
The Iranian National Football team would face Thailand in the framework of the Asian nations World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday, January 28th.
Iran beat the guest team, Singapore, six-nil in the first game of the same series on Monday, January 18th at Tehran’s Azadi Football Stadium.