“Iran will be at the World Cup”, says Fifa president | OneFootball

“Iran will be at the World Cup,” FIFA president Gianni Infantino told AFP on Tuesday. He is in Antalya, southern Turkey, to attend a friendly match involving the Iranian national football team.

“That’s why we’re here. We are pleased because it is a very, very strong team. I’m very happy,” added the head of world football’s governing body during halftime of the match between Iran and Costa Rica.

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Iran had requested to play its first-phase matches in the tournament (from June 11 to July 19) in Mexico, and not in the United States, as determined by the draw.

According to the tournament’s official schedule, in the first phase Iran will face New Zealand and Belgium in Los Angeles, and then Egypt in Seattle.

The Iranian team’s training center was planned for Tucson, Arizona.

FIFA’s president, whose presence in Antalya had not been announced, went to the stands shortly before the start of the match and posed for several photos with various members of the Iranian Federation.

*with AFP content

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