Daei seeking ideal warm up

MNA - Iran football coach is making efforts to arrange some ideal warm up games ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifications.
In a meeting held Sunday night in the football federation with Mehdi Taj, Iran Football Federation’s vice-president, Ali Daei emphatically expressed his deep concern over the lack of holding appropriate preparatory matches.

He ruled out a Japan friendly in Tokyo because of long distance. Daei also rejected a warm up against an African team, stating there is no similarity between Iran’s rivals and African football.

Daei hopefully stated Iran will have to play Oman as a team with some similarity with Saudi Arabia.

Iran is scheduled to play Saudi Arabia on September 6 in King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh.

The Asian heavyweight has been drawn with Saudi Arabia, North Korea, South Korea and the United Arab Emirates in Group B.