The Iranian midfielder of Dutch Feyenoord joined the national team camp in Mashhad after his Corona test was negative. According to ISNA,

Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Team Melli, and Feyenoord midfielder joined Team Melli training camp today (Saturday) in Mashad. One of the top two national team goalscorers in the World Cup qualifier was absent from the match against South Korea due to a positive corona test and hence lost the chance to appear in the match. After failing his PCR test in the Netherlands, Jahanbakhsh could not travel. He will be available for selection against Lebanon on March 29 in Mashhad.

All Team Melli players and technical staff were tested upon arrival at Mashad and all results were negative including Manager Hamid Estili.

The fate of Ghoddos and Taremi is not clear yet as Taremi is still in Portugal in quarantine.

It has been officially confirmed that the match in Mashad will be behind closed doors with no spectators allowed in!

The squad went on light training on Saturday. With the availability of at least 3 out of five absent players from the Korea match, Skocic has to go back to the drawing board.