Bayer Leverkusen striker Serdar Azmoun was included in the Iranian national football team for the World Cup in Qatar, according to to place Iranian Football Federation.
At the beginning of October, the striker injured his calf before the Champions League game against Porto. The club then announced that the player would miss six to eight weeks. According to Iranwire, the country’s sports ministry pressured head coach Carlos Queiroz not to include the striker in the World Cup roster due to his support for anti-government protests in Iran.
The full range looks like this:
goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Amir Abedzade (Ponferradina), Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan);
defenders: Ehsan Hajsafi, Milad Mohammadi (both AEK, Greece), Morteza Purliganji (Persepolis), Hossein Kanani Zadegan, Shoja Khalilzade (both Al-Ahli), Ramin Rezaeyan (Sepahan), Abolfazl Jalali (Esteghlal”), Sadeh Moharrami (“ Dinamo”, Zagreb), Majid Hosseini (“Kayserispor”);
midfielders: Roozbe Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Said Ezatolahi (Vayle), Ahmad Nurollahi (Shabab Al-Ahi), Saman Goddos (Brentford), Wahid Amiri, Mehdi Torabi (both at Persepolis), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord), Ali Karimi (Kayserispor) , Ali Golizade (Charleroi);
forward : Serdar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen), Mehdi Taremi (Porto), Karim Ansarifard (Omonia).
The World Cup in Qatar will take place from November 20 to December 18. The Iranians in the group stage of the tournament will play with teams from England, USA and Wales.
Source : MatchTV
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