Team Melli to hold training camp in Italy
Tehran Times – TEHRAN, The Iranian football team will hold a training camp in Italy as part of preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.
Team Melli will travel to Italy in mid-August to hold a 12-day training camp in Italy.
Carlos Queiroz’s men will play two friendly matches with Serie B Selection and a team from the Serie B in the training camp.
Iran has been drawn in Group A of the World Cup qualification along with Uzbekistan, China, Qatar, and Syria.
The winner and runner-up of each group (four teams in total) will qualify for the Russia 2018, while the third-placed teams of each group will advance to the Asian play-off.
The winner of the Asian playoff will face the side that finishes fourth in the fifth round of the CONCACAF qualifiers in a two-leg inter-confederation playoff.