Two changes in Team Melli squad for Guam and India
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Loading...Persianfootball.com – TEHRAN, Carlos Queiroz had to make two adaptions to his squad ahead of the World Cup qualifiers versus Guam in Tehran next Saturday and in India five days later.
The Portuguese had already called up Sepahan’s defensive midfielder Ali Karimi for Zob Ahan’s left-back Mehrdad Ghanbari earlier this week.
Queiroz now made his second adaption, replacing the still unfit AZ Alkmaar winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh by Zob Ahan striker Kaveh Rezaei.
Below comes the new 23-man roster:
Goalkeepers: Alireza Haghighi (Rubin Kazan, RUS), Alireza Beiranvand (Naft Tehran), Mohammad Reza Akhbari Tractor Sazi)
Defenders: Vouria Ghafouri (Sepahan Esfahan), Ramin Rezaeian (Persepolis Tehran), Mohammad Hossein Kanani (Malavan Anzali), Pejman Montazeri (Al Ahli, QAT), Jalal Hosseini (Naf Tehran), Morteza Pouraliganji (Tianjin Teda, CHN), Milad Mohammadi (Rah Ahan), Ehsan Hajsafi (FSV Frankfurt, GER)
Midfielders: Andranik Teymourian (Umm Salal, QAT), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal Tehran), Saeid Ezatollahi (FK Rostov, RUS), Khosro Heydari (Esteghlal Tehran), Ali Karimi (Sepahan Esfahan), Ashkan Dejagah (Al Arabi, QAT)
Strikers: Mehdi Torabi (Saipa Karaj), Vahid Amiri (Naft Tehran), Omid Alishah (Persepolis Tehran), Sardar Azmoun (FK Rostov, RUS), Mehdi Taremi (Persepolis Tehran), Kaveh Rezaei (Zob Ahan)
