Turkish FF extends invitation to Team Melli for friendly in Stockholm
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Loading...Tehran Times – TEHRAN, Iran national football team will face Turkey in a friendly match in November if Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz accepts the offer.
According to the local media, Turkey football federation has offered the friendly while it will most probably be held in Stockholm, Sweden following the security concerns in Turkey.
Turkey failed to qualify from Euro 2016 Group D after two defeats against Croatia and Spain.
The Iranian football team is also going to hold a 12-day training camp in Italy as part of preparation for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification in mid-August.
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 play-off will face the side that finishes fourth in the fifth round of the CONCACAF qualifiers in a two-leg inter-confederation playoff.
