Players from Hazfi Cup final complete Team Melli squad
Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, After the Hazfi Cup final on Monday, Carlos Queiroz named three additional players from Zob Ahan Esfahan and Naft Tehran to extend his Team Melli list for the upcoming matches in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to 26.
Only call-up from Cup winners Zob Ahan is 31-year-old central midfielder Ghasem Hadadifar, whereas promising strikers Kaveh Rezaei and Masoud Hassanzadeh were ignored.
League and Cup runners-up as well as AFC Champions League quarter finalists Naft will be represented in the national team by left-winger Vahid Amiri and goalkeeper Alireza Beiranvand, while young defender Amin Hajmohammadi, veteran playmaker Iman Mobali and attacking shooting-star Amir Arsalan Mohtahari didn’t receive an invitation.
Iran will take on Uzbekistan in a friendly match in Tashkent on June 11 before meeting Turkmenistan in a World Cup / Asian Cup qualifier in Dasoguz five days later.