Vienna

After the friendly international games on Sunday where Team Melli drew 0-0 with Belarus, there was a general consensuses  that the Iranian players were physically tired from the intense training. Most of the players interviewed referred to the physical stress on their bodies as one of the reasons that the team was unable to perform better.

Carlos Queiroz has decided to give the team an Off day. All the players went to a shopping spree or sightseeing the beautiful city of Vienna

Ashkan Dejagah finally joined the squad after arrival from London. The only player missing now is Masoud Shojaei whose team Las Palmas is still engaged in the second division of the Spanish league and one of the contenders for promotion. After the completion of the squad , the intense training will continue with two sessions a day. Morning and evening.

Team Melli squad will be moving to a new resident in Stegrsbach which is 140 km south of Vienna.  It is a scenic resort The match against Montenegro will be played in The TSV Hartberg Fußballstadion, at Hartberg (30 km from Stegrsbach ).

The Montenegro FA website has announced the time of the match at 18:30 CET (21:00 Tehran Time).

This is the first time Iran and Montenegro have met.  Montenegro will be the 112th international opponent of Iran since 1941 when Iran played its first international match against Afghanistan.

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Images from Belarus game

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