Team Melli next training camp will be held in Johannesburg South Africa Again. The crime infested city has just witnessed the murder of a national hero , South African national football team Captain Senzo Meyiwa.

South Africans were stunned by the murder of Bafana Bafana and Orlando Pirates captain  Senzo Meyiwa, who was shot by intruders during a robbery at his girlfriend’s home. President Jacob Zuma led tributes to the 27-year-old goalkeeper, who was hit in the chest at the home of girlfriend Kelly Khumalo – a singer and celebrity – in a township near Johannesburg. Police offered a reward of 250,000 South African rand (£14,125) for information about the three suspects.

South Africa is becoming the favorite destination for Carlos Queiroz training camps.

The future of the friendly match between South Africa and Iran is now in doubt after this incident. Team Melli is hoping to utilize the last FIFA day of 2014 for a friendly match against strong opposition.

So far , South Korea is the only real test for Team Melli preparing for the AFC Asian Cup 2015. Lack of preparation mainly due to the delay in signing a contract between Queiroz and FFIRI might turn out to be costly for Iran.

Carlos Queiroz is quite hopeful that the preparation is enough to face the three Arab teams in his group. The opposition, all of who have played numerous friendly games against strong opposition, will meet each other in the Gulf Cup to be held in Saudi Arabia in November.

Bahrain, Qatar and UAE will be fielding their strongest side in the prestigious Gulf Cup which will also be an ideal preparation for them for the upcoming AFC Asian Cup. Iran , meanwhile will be struggling as always to find a decent team to play against.

In the last Camp in South Africa , which Queiroz has described as an ideal location weather and condition wise to Australia (the same claim he mentioned with the weather in Brazil before the World Cup), Team Melli failed to arrange any international friendlies. It played against league clubs only. Only. South Africa national team is on the card , but with the latest developments, it might not be possible to play such a match.