Mehdi Taremi

Morocco World News - Iran’s best scorer, Mehdi Taremi, may miss his first World Cup game against Morocco, Friday June 15, on the second day of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Al Gharafa’s striker is considered as one of the best assets of the Iranian team.

The football player was injured in Iran’s last friendly game against Lithuania on June 8, according to the Iranian federation.

Since his injury, the 25-year-old footballer has not joined in any training with his teammates and Portuguese coach Carlos Queiroz.

If his condition does not improve, Queiroz is seriously thinking of replacing him with Reza Ghoochannejhad, the striker of SC Heerenveen.

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