In today's podcast, I was joined by Art Eftekhari host of Team Melli Talk to preview Iran's World Cup qualifiers. We began by discussing Dragan Skočić's team selection for these final four qualifying matches. It had all the big names all Iranian fans were hoping to see Saeid Ezatolahi, Alireza Beiranvand, Morteza Pouraliganji, Mehdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun, Saman Ghoddos, and Alireza Jahanbakhsh. We then preview the four matches against Hong Kong, Behram, Cambodia, and Iraq. Then we discuss what progress we wanna see from the Iranian national team in the future. Then discussing what are the next big steps in the careers of Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi, and Amir Abedzadeh. Mehdi Taremi had a sensational first season with FC Porto which included goals in the Champions League against Juventus and Chelsea. Sardar Azmoun was named Russian League player of the season after winning the Russian League with FC Zenit Saint Petersburg. Then we wrap up by seeing what is next for Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Alireza Beiranvand as their big dream transfers after the 2018 World Cup haven't gone to plan with a massive lack of playing time for them. Make sure to follow us on Instagram @next_gen_pod & Twitter @nextgenpod

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Time Stamps:

0:00 Intro

2:00 Preliminary Squad Selection

5:35 WC Qualifying Matches

10:35 Future of Iranian Football

16:07 Azmoun, Taremi & Abedzadeh

20:55 Jahanbakhsh & Beiranvand