MOSCOW, Jan 27 International Football Federation (FIFA) to St. Petersburg «Zenith» in connection with the refusal of the «blue-white-blue» to let striker Serdar Azmun into the national team for the qualifying matches of the 2022 FIFA World Cup against the teams of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates, said FFIRI spokesman Hossein Sharifi quoted by Mehr. On Thursday, the Iranian national team will play the 2022 World Cup qualifier against Iraq. On February 1, the team will meet with the UAE national team. Iran is leading in Group A with 16 points after 6 matches. «The presence of Serdar Azmun is very important for the federation and the national team. The game with Iraq could be decisive in terms of reaching the World Cup. Unfortunately, despite the great efforts of the federation and the national team,» Zenit «did not cooperate, which is strange and should be investigated. Now the player is in Dubai and we have contacted FIFA as we want him to be in Iran as soon as possible,» Sharifi said. On Monday, Iranian podcast Gol Bezan reported that Azmun passed a positive test for coronavirus. On Wednesday, the head coach of the Iranian national team Dragan Skosic said at a press conference that the footballer had tested negative.
