Azmoun leads Iran's attack as Queiroz shuffles pack

ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) - Iran picked forward Sardar Azmoun to spearhead their attack in their World Cup Group B opening match against Morocco on Friday, with coach Carlos Queiroz leaving wide forward Mehdi Taremi on the bench.

Azmoun leads Iran's attack as Queiroz shuffles pack

(Reuters)





Taremi started Iran's final warm-up match against Lithuania, and Queiroz also brought in Vahid Amiri and Karim Ansarifard into his attacking line-up, although Dutch league top scorer Alireza Jahanbakhsh kept his starting place.

Herve Renard named an unchanged line-up from the team who beat Estonia in Morocco's last warm-up match on June 8.

The Frenchman is counting on left-footed striker Ayoub El Kaabi to lead the line against Iran.





(Reporting by Simon Jennings, editing by Julien Pretot)


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