Iran to face Jordan without its top players

November 17th, 2009 | by: Afshin Afshar | Comments Off

Team Melli will not have the services of its players based abroad for its crucial Asian Cup qualifier against Jordan.

This is due to AFC’s insistence to schedule matches on non-FIFA days, and the clubs’ refusal to release the players. This will hurt Iran more than Jordan because Jordan does not have a large contingency of players kicking their club football in other countries. I cannot be 100% certain on this, but they may even not have any players that play abroad.

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