MOSCOW, Jan 27 at the location of the national team of Zenit St. Petersburg striker Serdar Azmoun before the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against the teams of Iraq and the United Arab Emirates. On Monday, the Iranian podcast Gol Bezan reported that Azmoun passed a positive test for coronavirus. This season, Azmoun scored 10 goals in 21 matches in all competitions for Zenit. Zenit cannot conflict with us, so this is now a FIFA-level issue. At first, the club said that Serdar had a positive test for coronavirus, but then it turned out to be negative. We must refer to the rules of the Asian Football Confederation, but what is clear so far is that we will not have this player tomorrow,» Skosic was quoted by the Iranian Football Federation website. On Thursday, the Iranian national team will play a 2022 World Cup qualifier against Iraq. The team will face the United Arab Emirates on February 2018. Iran tops Group A with 16 points after 6 matches.
