Preparing for Costa Rica

Done with their Bundesliga games over the weekend Iran internationals are back in Tehran in preparation for the Costa Rica friendly.

Ali Karimi and Freydoon Zandi have already attended a practice session. Mehdi Mahdavikia got the first day off to heal a few bumps and bruises he got in the game against Stuttgart, and Vahid Hashemian got the first day off to take care of a few personal matters.

Rahman Rezaei’s situation is curious. It seems like the IRIFF fax sent to Messina on February 5 never got there. As a result Rahman may miss this game. Messina lost to Ascoli over the weekend.