in the press conference before tomorrow’s match between Team and South Korea, Dragan Skocic announced that his team is not going into a defensive mode.

In response to a question from a Korean reporter that now that Iran has qualified for the FIFA World Cup, can one expect a defensive game against the Korean team? Skocic responded: “Do you really think that we will play a defensive game? I do not think so. Tomorrow we will stick to our usual style of play and the gameplan will remain the same despite the fact that we, both teams, have qualified for the finals.

“being first in the group is an important issue and we will be ready to achieve that goal. We are well prepared for this game. We lost several key players and in addition, jet lag (disruption of the body biological clock due to flight and time difference) and the gradual addition of players to the team yesterday and today added to other problems, but despite all these issues, we have displayed our quality in previous games and this is not the first time we have faced such difficulties.”

Skocic in response to the question of what is your plan to restrain players like Son Heung Min? He said: “We are aware of the quality of the Korean legionnaire players, but we have prepared for it and we try to give them the least space. The Korean players are respected, but we also have quality players playing in Europe.”

Regarding the absence of players such as Taremi and Jahanbakhsh, he said: “Of course, they are important and very valuable players, but it does not mean that we do not have the necessary players for tomorrow’s game. As in the game against Iraq, we did not have six players because of Coronavirus, but we ended the game in our favor.