<table bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" align="left">Photos: Iran's National Soccer Team in Practice </th></tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> Photos by Amir Kholoosi, ISNA (http://www.isna.ir/)
<center>http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/Iran-national-team-practice1.jpg</center> Payvand.com - Iran's National Soccer Team is holding practice sessions in Tehran under the guidance of the recently appointed coach Afshin Ghotbi.

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Afshin Ghotbi</center> Iran, which is in Group B of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers along with Saudi Arabia, South Korea, the UAE and North Korea, will clash with North Korea in its next match on June 6.

<center>http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/Iran-national-team-practice2.jpg</center> South Korea currently leads the group on 11 points, one point ahead of North Korea and Saudi Arabia. Iran sits fourth with six points, while the UAE is at the bottom of the group with only one point.

<center>http://www.payvand.com/news/09/may/Iran-national-team-practice3.jpg</center> Iran's coach Ghotbi has extensive national team experience as an assistant coach with the United States and South Korea, where he worked under Dutch coaches Guus Hiddink, Dick Advocaat and Pim Verbeek.
He has coached the Iranian team Persepolis and was second in charge of Los Angeles Galaxy and South Korea's Suwon Bluewings.

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Thanks, good to see no bright colors or weird costumes for training outfits and the women NT in the back.

Who is the new sponsor?

Thanks, good to see no bright colors or weird costumes for training outfits and the women NT in the back.

Who is the new sponsor?

well ..the logo on the training shirts says Majid/Merooj.

http://www.majidsoccer.com/

Thanks for the pictures. Nice to see Ghotbi in there.

players look fit and in good spirits. I see us getting a win in Korea

Good to see Ando back in action in TM. :)
Is this an Iranian exclusive excercise to move the net arounf?!!! This is the third time I've seen this thing in a TM practice! ;)