After the departure of the 3 Esteghlal players, Skocic added enforcement to the team.

Sajjad Shahbazzadeh, the league’s top scorer of Sepahan has been added to the roster.

In addition, Hamed Lak, Persepolis goalkeeper who had an excellent AFC Asian Champions league was also added and would be joining the squad on Thursday.

On the other hand, Syria’s best player and central forward Omar Al Soma has been withdrawn from the Syrian training camp after an injury during training. He will not be traveling to Tehran for the match instead he will be heading to his club in Saudi Arabia for treatment.