Queiroz Can Make Immediate Impact on Team Melli
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s prospects of reaching the knockout round of the FIFA World Cup for the first time were given a huge boost with the recent return of Carlos Queiroz as the coach.
This year's tournament will be the third consecutive World Cup with the Portuguese at the helm of Team Melli, and they will certainly take heart from their displays last time out -- when they narrowly missed out on progressing by just a point from a daunting group that also included Spain and Portugal, ESPN reported.
The reappointment of Queiroz is one that has been welcomed by fans but also players, not just because of the regard they held him in previously but also because several senior members of the team were believed to have had uneasy relationships with his predecessor Dragan Skocic.
Queiroz has wasted no time in recalling some of his favorites and the Iran squad is one brimming with talent and experience in Europe-based names such as Mehdi Taremi, Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Sardar Azmoun.
Both Iran and their returning coach can make an immediate statement in upcoming games against quality opposition in Uruguay and Senegal.
