Daei Calls up 7 Perspolis, Sepahan Players to Iran Squad

FNA - Iran's head coach Ali Daei called up 7 players from Perspolis-Sepahan Championship encounter here on Saturday.

Iran's National team coach invited Mehdi Vaezi, Alireza Nikbakht Vahedi, Hossein Kaebi and Mohsen Khalili from Perspolis, and Hajsafi, Bengar and Aghili from Sepahan to Iranian squad ahead of the UAE match.

Iran team however, was hit with a friendly cancelation blow as previously scheduled Friendly Fixture against Bosnia on May 26 was called off by Bosnia Football Federation.

Bosnia coach refused to take charge of a friendly against Iran scheduled for May 26 as Bosnia Federation scrapped Poland friendly scheduled on the same day contrary to Kodro's wish, and arranged Iran friendly instead.

Following the event, Bosnia sacked their head coach Meho Kodro.

"We had no choice but to sack Kodro and it was a unanimous decision," said the Bosnian football association's (NFSBIH) executive board member Hamdija Abdic, who stepped down after Kodro's dismissal.

"It is obvious that we can't carry on running the FA like this and I have asked the entire executive board and the presidency to resign too," Bosnian media reported Abdic as saying on Saturday.

The NFSBIH scrapped a friendly against Euro 2008 qualifiers Poland on May 26 in favor of arranging a match with Iran in Tehran, contrary to former Barcelona forward Kodro's wishes.

Youth team coach Denijal Piric has been named in temporary charge and his first game will be a home friendly against Azerbaijan in Zenica on June 1.