Iran has been scheduled to face Australia on in Tokyo on Monday.

“I expect three difficult matches because Australia, Canada and Egypt are good teams. Also we are near the end of the competition and everybody is tired mentally and physically,” Kovac said in the pre-match news conference.

“We will try to do our best. Until now, we’ve played so-so, but in my opinion Iran is a better team than our position."

"We’ll try everything to get a good result,” he added.