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Real Madrid to play friendly in Iran

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IANS Tehran

Real Madrid have agreed to play Iran's Persepolis football club prior to the 2014-15 season.

"Our representative in Spain has negotiated with the officials of Real Madrid and an initial agreement has been reached. The date of the match will be announced until the end of the week," Mohammad Rouyanian, manager of the Iranian football team was quoted as saying by Tehran Times daily.

Real Madrid stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Karim Benzema, Iker Casillas and Sergio Ramos will come to Tehran Azadi Stadium to play the Iranian most popular team, according to the report.

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First Published: Jan 21 2014 | 2:56 PM IST

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