Iran Edging Closer to Fourth Straight World Cup: FIFA
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran is edging closer to the door marked 'fourth straight World Cup appearance', FIFA.com wrote.
With a fit and firing Mehdi Taremi and Sardar Azmoun, Iran has one of the deadliest strike forces on the continent.
A stingy - and desperate - Korea DPR has the quality to slow the Iranian assault but given that the team is winless through its first four outings, anything less than maximum points in neutral Laos will make Korea's task of reaching a third World Cup a whole lot harder.
Iran has lost only one of its last 24 World Cup qualifying matches.
