According to the correspondent of Mehr’s dispatch to Qatar, the meeting between the national football teams of Iran and Jordan was held today Thursday at the Khalifa Stadium in Doha, Qatar, where special guests were watching the game.
Sheikh Salman, the president of the Asian Football Confederation, along with the brother of King Jordan, watched the game closely, while the results of this group will be influenced by each of them’s encounter with Japan in the round of 16 of the Asian Nations Cup.
The brother of the king of Jordan, who was Gianni Infantino’s rival in the previous election of the FIFA president, had a conversation with Sheikh Salman at the beginning of the game. They also had seats next to each other in special stands to watch the match.
The Jordanian national team advanced to the eighth round despite accepting the defeat against Bahrain as one of the best third place teams.