The Iranian national football team arrived in Ashgabat for the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against the team of Turkmenistan, a Turkmenportal correspondent reports.
Star football players of the Iranian national team Italian Roma forward Serdar Azmoun and Porto forward Mehdi Taremi arrived with the team at Ashgabat International Airport.
The match between the national teams of Iran and Turkmenistan will take place on March 26, the start is scheduled for 20:00 local time.
The Iranian national team leads Group “E” of the qualifying tournament, the team has 7 points in 3 matches, the fourth place with 1 point in 3 matches is taken by the team of Turkmenistan, the Hong Kong team is also in third place with 1 point, the footballers of the Uzbekistan national team are second with 7 points.
Earlier it became known that the refereeing team for this match will be headed by 36-year-old referee from Thailand Sivakorn Pu-udom.