Football Dream News: World Cup 2018 Morocco - Iran (June 15, 2018). Preview

Once in the group with the current champions of Europe by the Portuguese and traditionally powerful Spaniards, the teams of Morocco and Iran automatically received the status of outsiders of the quartet B. However, these teams are not as simple as they seem at first glance.

The composition of the Moroccans consists entirely of very well-known names representing good clubs of the top 5 European championships. At the same time, he is backed by several stars, such as Juventus defender Mehdi Benatya, Ajax's midfielder Hakim Zieh, midfielder Yunes Belhanda and even the recent winner of the Champions League in Real Madrid - young Ashraf Hakimi. To all this, you can add a very serious specialist at the helm of the team - Hervé Renard - who managed to create a very high-quality and "playing football" team.

Thus, the underestimation of the Moroccan team can be costly to its rivals, because under certain circumstances these guys may well challenge the ambitions of Spain or Portugal to withdraw from the group.

As for Iran, he is an outsider both in the reporting match, and in the whole in the quartet. This team does not have star names and masterful performers of the highest level, but it is able to give battle to any opponent. The most experienced coach Carlos Queiroz created from Iranians a very efficient and strong team, strong primarily by the interaction of players on the field, the character and the impenetrable protective line.

The match against Iran will be decisive for Morocco, as in order to fight against Spain and Portugal for reaching the 1/8 finals in this match, it is necessary to take maximum points. It is likely that the Moroccans will succeed, because the class of players who represent this team, yet must affect the final result.

Herve Renard - Morocco:

"There are a lot of good teams in this tournament that are favorites compared to us, nevertheless, we are not here to just take a picture in St. Petersburg."

 Carlos Queiroz - Iran:

"We know that victory in tomorrow's match will be important for both teams, but we arrived here for a specific purpose, so we must win and put all three points in our coin box." Our football players are full of enthusiasm and energy. "Victory in football is like a drug. We know that if we can win the first match, we will be more motivated and more energetic in the next games. "Therefore, in the match with Morocco we will attack safely to score."

Approximate squads:

Morocco: Mohamedi - Amrabat, Benatya, Saiss, Hakimi - Bussufa, Ahmadi - Harit, Belhanda, Zieh - Kaabi

Iran: Beiranvand - Rezayan, Cheshmi, Puraliganji, Mhammadi - Ebrahimi, Shojaei - Taremi, Jahanbahsh - Azmun