by Hassan Rouhvand
TEHRAN, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Head coach of Iran national soccer team, Carlos Queiroz, said that they want to make history in the World Cup qualifier against Syria on Tuesday, Tasnim news agency reported.
Already-qualified Iran will host Syria in Tehran's Azadi Stadium on Tuesday in the 2018 World Cup qualification Matchday 10.
"Without a doubt, we have a very important match against Syria. Nobody thought Syria could be a candidate for qualifying for the World Cup but now the Syrian team is on the verge of winning the World Cup place," Queiroz said in the pre-match news conference.
"We have respect for Syria as we respected our other rivals in the group. We will try to continue our improvement in the match against Syria," the former Real Madrid coach added.
"We want to make history and we know that they want to make history too," he said, adding that the Iranian team is going to finish the qualification campaign with a win.
