Team Melli’s first training session was held today in preparation for the friendly match against Syria.
The team is camping at at the National Football Center and the session started from 11:30 am today (Wednesday).
After the start of training, Dragan Skocic briefed the players for a few minutes, then followed by various exercises..
Team Melli is missing a few regulars this time mostly due to travel restriction due to covid19. Amir Abedzadeh was not invited to the camp due to quarantine laws on Madeira Island in Portugal , Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Saman Ghoddos due to flight restrictions from England, Morteza PouraliGanji and Sadegh Moharrami are both on the injury list while and Kaveh Rezaei has tested positive for coronavirus. Meanwhile, Mehdi Ghaedi, Aref Gholami and Mohammad Rashid Mazaheri, all three players from Esteghlal, left the camp due to positive corona test.
This training session lasted for 70 minutes with a focus on light physical work.
The second training session will be conducted tomorrow (Thursday).