Iran Vs Portugal (MONDAY 25/06/2018) - 7:00pm

Date: 25-06-2018 6:48 am (5 years ago) | Author: success Xenab
- at 25-06-2018 06:48 AM (5 years ago)
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Iran may be without Olympiakos defender Ehsan Hajsafi, who sustained a thigh injury against Spain.

Milad Mohammadi, who plays his club football for Akhmat Grozny in Russia, is likely to come in if Hajsafi is ruled out.

Portugal midfielder Joao Moutinho is a doubt after missing several days of training through illness.

Raphael Guerreiro has recovered from a minor leg injury but struggled against Morocco and could be replaced.

On the actual game, Queiroz said his players could not wait to test themselves against Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of Portugal's "great players", and claimed this would be his team's "most difficult challenge".

Asked if he had a plan to stop Ronaldo, a player he knows well from United and Portugal, he would only say that Iran would stick to their philosophy of the "three Rs": respect for their opponents, realism about their own strengths and weaknesses and a romantic view of how good teams beat good individuals.


Posted: at 25-06-2018 06:48 AM (5 years ago) | Hero