Team Melli continued the preparation for the match on Wednesday. On friday , the training was conducted in Azadi stadium. Ali Karimi was declared unfit for the match vs the Uzbek as the result of the MRI showed that the midfielder could be out for more than 4 weeks because of torn muscles.

Meanwhile , Ando Teymourian who was injured and substituted during his club’s match in Qatar and feared that he might miss the Uzbekistan match , commenced his training and is quite hopeful to make it by Wednesday. The medical staff will have to test him to ensure his match fitness.

The other absentee from training is Ashkan Dejagah who is still in London and could feature in his club match against Arsenal. The Fulham midfielder would be flying to Tehran after the match on Saturday. He should be in the camp by Monday at the latest.

Notable absentees from the match will include Masoud Shojae who was dismissed from the match reciving a red card against Korea Rep., Ehsan Hajsafy and Hadi Aghili both were not selected by Queiroz , Mohammad Ghazi on injury list.

Uzbekistan team began preparations for the match against Iran on November 8th.
Head coach Mirjalol Kasymov summoned 27 players to the training camp.The squad will assemble on November 12 in Tashkent, after two days of training , the Uzbek squad will fly to Tehran, on the 14th of November two days ahead of the the 6th round match of qualifying round of 2014 World Cup against Iran. The final team roster will include 23 players only.

Uzbekistan squad

Goalkeepers
1 Ignatiy Nesterov     “Bunyodkor”
2 Murodjon Zukhurov     “Nasaf”
3 Sardor Kabuldzhanov     “Bukhara”

Defenders
4  Shohruh Gadoev     “Nasaf”
5  Vitaliy Denisov     “Dnepr”, Ukraine
6  Yegor Krimets     “Pakhtakor”
7  Shaukat Mulladzhanov     “Al Nasr”, Saudi Arabia
8  Akmal Shorahmedov     “Bunyodkor”
9  Islom Tuhtahodzhaev     “Locomotive”
10 Artem Filiposyan     “Bunyodkor”
11 Islom Inomov     “Locomotive”

Midfielders
12 Odil Akhmedov     “Anji”, Russia
13 Vadim Afonin     “Shurtan”
14 Server Djeparov     “Al-Shabab” Saudi Arabia
15 Fozil Musayev     “Nasaf”
16 Aziz Haydarov     “Al-Shabab”, UAE
17 Timur Kapadze     “Aktobe”, Kazakhstan
18 Oleg Zoteev     “Olmalik”
19 Stanislav Andreev     “Pakhtakor”
20 Jasur Hasanov     “Bunyodkor”
21 Sanjar Tursunov     “Alania”, Russia

Forwards
22 Ivan Nagaev     “Dinamo”
23 Marat Bikmaev     “Aktobe”, Kazakhstan
24 Vladimir Shishelov     “Nasaf”
25 Alexander Geynrikh     “Aktobe”, Kazakhstan
26 Igor Taran     “Shўrtan”
27 Ulugbek Bakaev     “Irtysh”, Kazakhstan