The visa prevented Mohammadreza Azadi from traveling to the United Arab Emirates Mohammadreza Azadi was not seen in the published photos of Astagalal's trip to Dubai for the match against Shabab Al-Ahly and the last training of the Blues before the match. Follow-ups show that Azadi could not accompany Esteghlal's convoy on the trip to Dubai due to the visa issue, so he is the second final absentee from Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh's team in this match after Saman Turanian.

The visa prevented Mohammadreza Azadi from traveling to the United Arab Emirates Mohammadreza Azadi was not seen in the published photos of Astagalal's trip to Dubai for the match against Shabab Al-Ahly and the last training of the Blues before the match. Follow-ups show that Azadi could not accompany Esteghlal's convoy on the trip to Dubai due to the visa issue, so he is the second final absentee from Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh's team in this match after Saman Turanian.