Iran national captain Alireza Jahanbakhsh says that the group they are placed in will not be easy, but Iran is ready to surprise the world in FIFA world Cup. He spent three seasons at Brighton and mentioned England was the last team he ever wanted to share the group with. “To be honest! England was the last team I would have picked, but it happened!” he said.
“England could easily have three top teams in the World Cup right now, it’s really well organized with the manager. The team has worked together for a long time now and it knows its strategy.
“Obviously USA is a strong side, it has a good generation now and most of its players are playing in Europe. And we still have to wait for the third team but we need to respect Scotland, Wales and Ukraine a lot. I don’t know a lot about Ukraine but the other two teams have made a lot of steps.
“It’s going to be very difficult to be honest but we’re going to be ready for it, prepared for it and we’re going to make our nation proud.”
He ended with “I would say collectively we are a very good team. We have some good individuals as well but over the last three or four years, we’ve been on top in Asia so we’re well respected there,”
Iran, is ranked 21st in the ranking and has never faced English side before. Iran qualified by picking up 25 out of 30 points in qualifying. Iranian side finished ahead of tournament regular South Korea.
