Alireza Biranvand, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Ali Nemati, Saleh Hardani (60- Mohammad Hossein Kananizadegan), Milad Mohammadi (46- Ehsan Hajsafi), Saeed Ezzatollahi (46- Amir Mohammad Razzakinia), Saman Qudous (46- Mohammad Ghorbani), Aria Yousefi (77- Amir Hossein Mahmoudi), Mehdi Qaidi (46- Ramin Rezaian), Mehdi Tarimi (46- Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh). 77- Hadi Habibinejad) and Shahriar Mughanlou (60- Ali Alipour).
Now let’s talk about the important points of this match, the changes in the composition and the status of several players;
Ali Nemati and Shoja Khalilzadeh were the central defense pair of the national team. Nemati, who played in the same position at the beginning of the game against Gambia, apparently won the trust of Amir because even when Kananizadegan entered the field instead of Hardani, he played in the right defense! It was interesting to test this player on the right side of the defense line. It seems that Amir wants to test anything in these last days. Maybe his intention is to deceive the competitors because he knew that the composition will be out. But by playing Kanani on the right wing, does he want to deceive the opponents?
Ehsan Hajsafi, who played badly in the game against Gambia, this time went to the field in the second half and took the place of Milad Mohammadi, who had just returned from injury.
Saman Qudous, who was injured, went to the field in this match to show that he is ready to play, but something seems to have happened to Amir Hossein Hosseinzadeh. He entered the field at the beginning of the first half and was substituted in the 77th minute. This means that something has happened to him.
Alireza Jahanbakhsh is still injured and out of the lineup. It is not known when he will find the conditions to play; Just like an eye. Rosebeh is said to have a hamstring injury and is trying to return early. There are still many criticisms regarding the invitation of these two players from Amir.
The strangest point of the game was the playing of Amirhossein Mahmoudi and Hadi Habibinejad, two players from the national team! An unprecedented and historic event. It has never happened in the history of a player to line up and then go on the field in a friendly match. Why did Amir test these two again? Is he worried that a player won’t get a visa? Nothing is unlikely. It seems that he was given codes that made such a strange decision. Therefore, Mahmoudi and Habibinejad are still hopeful.
Mohibi’s absence from the national team was one of the strange events that later became clear that there was a reason. According to the medical team of the national team, this player and of course Denis Dargahi, who is still absent, are currently training under their supervision and the gym staff in order to control their physical condition and prevent injuries. A vague explanation!
Mehdi Torabi also missed the game due to injury. His biceps is injured and is currently undergoing treatment.
Crown threat
The national team was supposed to leave for Mexico today, but believe me, no one was sure about this trip until yesterday afternoon. The issue of issuing American visas is still hot. It seems that the football federation told FIFA in the latest news that it is waiting for the issuance of visas to go to Mexico because it does not want to go on this long trip and not get the last visa. America still treats the issue unsportsmanlike. Despite the presence of the national team players in the embassy of this country in Ankara, visas have not been issued yet. In the latest incident, they asked FIFA to inform Iran to hand over the passports of the players and companions to their embassy in Ankara. There was only one question. If they keep the passports, how can the national team go to Mexico? That’s why yesterday no one knew what is the task of traveling to Mexico? Mehdi Taj also explained about this: “I talked to FIFA about the American visa and they told us to hand over all the passports to the American embassy in Ankara, which we did. FIFA itself told us that we are looking for all the visas to be issued, and FIFA was also told that if they should issue the visas of the players, the technical department and the rest of the children, otherwise we will make other decisions. “FIFA also reflected this.” This is a serious threat to Mehdi Taj. He recently told the New York Times that he still does not know whether the first game against New Zealand will be held or not. Now he is threatening the American side that if the visas are not issued, Iran will make another decision, which means withdrawing from the cup. America’s behavior is not professional in any way and FIFA has practically no power against them because it is under their control. In the meantime, the behavior of the Mexicans has been very professional. They quickly issued the visas and delivered the passports. Now Mehdi Kharati, the manager of the national teams representing Iran, is in Ankara to receive the passports as soon as the multi-entry visas are issued and the national team will leave for Mexico. Mehdi Taj predicted the event and said: “Our assessment is that the visa will be issued in full and there will be no problem in this regard.”
