Football News - Injured Azmoun in Iran World Cup squad, Ebrahimi out

2022-11-14 12:22

Football News - Injured Azmoun in Iran World Cup squad, Ebrahimi out

Injured striker Sardar Azmoun was named to Iran's World Cup squad on Sunday, but midfielder Omid Ebrahimi was ruled out of coach Carlos Queiroz's 25 after suffering a groin injury in this week 's friendly off the list .


Azmon , 27 , has not played since tearing a muscle in his right calf while warming up for Bayer Leverkusen 's Champions League tie with Porto on October 4 , and his Bundesliga club said he was expected to miss six to eight week.

Midfielder Ebrahimi suffered a groin injury in Thursday's friendly against Nicaragua. The 35 -year-old played well under Queiroz in 2018 but has only made four appearances for Iran since November 2019 .

Mehdi Talemi , who has scored 13 goals in 19 appearances for Porto this season , will lead alone in Qatar if the Leverkusen striker clears his injury in time for his opening game against England on November 21 , or partner with Azmon.

Iran will play a final warm-up match against Tunisia in Doha before taking on England, Wales and the United States in Group B.


Iran World Cup squad


Goalkeepers : Alireza Beranwand ( Persepolis), Hussein Husseini ( Estral), Payam Nyamand (Sepahan), Amir Amir Bedzad (Ponferradina)

 

Defenders : Ramin Rezaian (Sepahan) , Aberfazhou Jaliri (Tehran Independence), Hussein Kananizadegan ( Doha Ahli ) , Sojay Hari Zaad (Doha Ahli), Motza Praliganji ( Persepolis), Majid Hosseini (Kayseri Sports), Sadji Moharamy (Zagreb ) Dynamo), Milad Muhammadi ( AEK Athens) , Haji Safi ( AEK Athens )


Midfielders: Ahmed Noorolahi (Shabaab), Salman Godos ( Brentford), Wahid Amiri (Persepolis), Said Eza Torashi (Weil), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord), Mehdi Torabi ( Persepolis ), Ali Glizad ( Charleroi) , Ali Karimi (Kayseri Sports )

Forwards: Karim Ansarifade (Omonia Nicosia), Sardar Azmoon ( Leverkusen), Mehdi Taremi (Porto)