Nosrati and Nikbakht out for Asian Cup

Persopress-It has been reported by ISNA and IPNA that both Nikbakht and Nosrati will miss the Asian Cup due to injuries. Nikbakht sustained an injury in practice and is told to rest for atleast 2 months, while Nosrati has still not recovered from the injury he picked up about 5 months ago. Nikbakht has already been replaced by Madanchi, but there havnt been any replacements called for Nosrati. This is a huge blow for Iran because both of them would have probably started. In my opinion its a bigger deal losing Nosrati as he is one of our best defenders and he is very experienced, something we definitely needed. I dont see Nikbakht not playing too much of a problem as I think Zandi is much better than him, as he plays simple soccer and doesnt make costly mistakes like Nikbakht. It looks like Hosseini will start due to Nosrati not being able to play. Hosseini has showed that he is a very promising defender, but he is very young and inexperienced.(There has been new news that Nosrati has recovered and is training with his doctor, we hope to see him play in the Asian Cup)