The trio German based Team Melli players Mehdi Mahdavikia, Fereydoon Zandi and Vahid Hashemian, have landed in Manama, Bahrain earlier this evening from Frankfurt, Germany.
There was a large contingent of Team Melli supporters to greet them at the airport and a wild cheer was raised when the players came out from the arrival lounge.
I was in the airport awaiting a guest from London, and it was the first time I have actually seen Zandi in person. Feraydoon looked quite impressed with the reception he was getting and the smiles never left his face as he had all the time to sign autographs and take snap shoots with the fans.
The players were then whisked of to the hotel.
Team Melli will arrive on Monday morning directly from Kish Island, and hours later they will have their first training session at AlAhli stadium (behind closed doors). It will be the first time that Zandi will be meeting with his team-mates.
There was a large contingent of Team Melli supporters to greet them at the airport and a wild cheer was raised when the players came out from the arrival lounge.
I was in the airport awaiting a guest from London, and it was the first time I have actually seen Zandi in person. Feraydoon looked quite impressed with the reception he was getting and the smiles never left his face as he had all the time to sign autographs and take snap shoots with the fans.
The players were then whisked of to the hotel.
Team Melli will arrive on Monday morning directly from Kish Island, and hours later they will have their first training session at AlAhli stadium (behind closed doors). It will be the first time that Zandi will be meeting with his team-mates.