Team Melli’s Croatian Head coach will announce the players’ list for the upcoming international friendlies against Uzbekistan and Mali after months of inaction. It will be the first time that the team will meet with its new coaching team due to the suspension of football activities as the result;t of the Covid19 pandemic.
he wants to play in the national team after months, and he will end the wait for the football fans to unveil his team. According to ISNA,
Team Melli training which was supposed to start on October 3 in Tehran, will probably start with a day delay. Iranian League Champions, Persepolis is still involved in the AFC Champions League and will play the final match in Doha against Al-Nasr of Sadu Arabi on Saturday afternoon in Doha. from tomorrow. Instead, the list of players invited to the national team will be published tonight by Dragan Skocic. After about 11 months break Team Melli will gather together to play two friendly matches against Uzbekistan and Mali on 17 and 22 October. However, the most important issue is the unveiling of Skocic team, which has been delayed for more than 8 months due to the corona outbreak.
* Skocic’s -style team
The Croatian coach does not consider himself a follower of Carlos Queiroz’s defensive style, nor is he going to follow the style of Belgian Marc Wilmots. That’s why watching Skocic’s team is so important in a situation where official World Cup qualifiers have been postponed. In the current situation, the presence of some players in this camp is in a state of ambiguity, and it is not yet clear whether Skocic will invite them to the national team or not.
On the other hand, due to the limitations caused by the prevalence of corona, some players in European countries will be facing problems and this issue may make it difficult for them to travel to Uzbekistan and Turkey. But with all these considerations, the most important issue is Skocic’s style and mentality. It remains to be seen what players he will invite to the national team and how he would employ certain players in his line-up.
* What is going on in the Croatian coach’s head?
The list of players invited to the national team always leads to critics; In this bi-polar football nation, not inviting a player from either Persepolis or Esteghlal or inviting a particular player to the team, as well as not inviting some players due to traffic on some lines, are among the things that face criticism from experts and, of course, fans.
The increase in the number of Iranian legionnaires and the shining of several players in one position, as well as the increase in the age of some experienced players, have raised speculation about the new national team roster. In fact, no one is yet familiar with Skocic’s tactical ideas in the national team, and on the other hand, due to the presence of many in-form players in several positions, few can read the mind of the Croatian national team coach before the list is published. For example, there were various ambiguities about the goalkeepers; Especially since Alireza Beiranvand is absent due to injury and several well-known defenders can be seen in this post who has put legitimate claims to wear the national team jersey.
The team’s defense is in the same situation. In fact, with the departure of Queiroz and the retirement of a few players, the defensive line that was desired by the former Portuguese coach will also change. To these must be added the absence of the team’s most consistent defender, Morteza Pouraliganji. The most complicated situation in the midfield and attack is that there is a traffic of in-form players inside and outside Iran waiting to join the team, and they still do not know whether they should pack their bags to attend Tehran and join the national team on Saturday night or stay put.
TEAM MELLI CANDIDATES LIST
- AMIRI, Vahid
- ANSARIFARD, Karim
- AZMOUN, Sardar
- CHESHMI, Rouzbeh
- DEJAGAH, Ashkan
- EBRAHIMI, Omid
- GHODDOS, Saman
- HAJSAFY, Ehsan
- HOSSEINI, Majid
- JAHANBAKHSH, AliReza
- KANANI-ZADEGAN, Hossein
- MOHAMMADI, Milad
- MOHEBI, Mohammad
- NOUROLLAHI, Ahmad
- REZAEI, Kaveh
- REZAEIAN, Ramin
- TAREMI, Mehdi
- TORABI, Mehdi
- GHOLIZADEH, Ali
- NEMATI, Siamak
- AL KASIR, Isa
- LAK, Hamed
- GHAYEDI, Mehdi
- KARIMI, Ali
- HOSSEINI, Hosseini
- KHALILZADEH, Shojaa
- KAMYABINIA, Kamal
- NIAZMAND, Payam
- NOORAFKAN, Omid
- KHANZADEH, Mohammadreza
- SHIKARI, Reza