Carlos Queiroz drops Rahmati for qualifier against Lebanon

TEHRAN,Feb.3(MNA)– Goalkeeper Mehdi Rahmati has been left off the roster of the Iranian football team for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifier against Lebanon. Iran is scheduled to face Lebanon on Wednesday in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium. The Portuguese coach has omitted Esteghlal keeper Rahmati along with Persepolis players Mohammad Nouri and Karim Ansarifard. Rahmati withdrew from the national team due to some problems in January. German-Iranian keeper Daniel Davari, who currently plays for Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga, will be invited to the team for the upcoming matches. Squad: Goalkeepers Alireza Haghighi – Rubin Kazan, RUS Shahab Gordan – Sepahan Rahman Ahmadi – Saipa Defenders Khosro Heydari – Esteghlal Hossein Mahini – Persepolis Hadi Aghily – Qatar SC, QAT Jalal Hosseini – Persepolis Pejman Montazeri – Esteghlal Mohammad Nosrati – Traktorsazi Mehrdad Pouladi – Persepolis Ehsan Hajsafi – Sepahan Midfielders Javad Nekounam – Esteghlal Andranik Teymouriam – Al Kharitiyath, QAT Pejman Nouri – Malavan Omid Ebrahimi – Sepahan Mojtaba Jabbari – Esteghlal Strikers Ashkan Dejagah – Fulham FC, ENG Masoud Shojaei – Osasuna, ESP Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari – Sepahan Gholamreza Rezaei – Persepolis Arash Afshin – Foolad Yaghoub Karimi – Naft Tehran Reza Ghoochannejhad – Standard Liege, BEL Jalal Rafkhaei – Malavan Mehrdad Oladi – Malavan Farzad Hatami – Esteghlal