Players from the Syrian national football team check wait the lobby of a hotel before the 2018 World Cup qualifying group E football match between Afghanistan and Syria at the Samen stadium in Iran's northeastern city of Mashhad on June 11, 2015. Iran hosted the match against Afghanistan due to the long time unrest in neighbouring Afghanistan. AFP PHOTO / BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)