Iran national football team led by Amir Ghalenoei is preparing for the Belgium match in the FIFA World Cup 2026. Amir Ghalenoei said on Saturday that he had been informed that the travel restrictions for the Iranian national team to the US for the third match in the group stage of the World Cup would be eased, and the team could travel to Seattle two days earlier to prepare for the match against Egypt. The Iranian national team drew 2-2 with New Zealand in their first match on June 15. Amir Ghalenoei claimed that the defensive problems in this match were due to the limited time the team had due to travel restrictions. He added: 'Anyway, we had problems in the defensive structure and individual mistakes in the previous game. Because of the limited time we had, we couldn't have good recovery training and tactical training to solve the problems of the previous game.' The Iranian national team is scheduled to play against Belgium on Sunday at 3 pm Eastern Time (9 pm Central European Time and 10:30 pm Tehran time) at the Sofi Stadium in Los Angeles. The Belgian team is currently ranked 10th in the FIFA rankings, and the Iranian national football team is ranked 22nd. The third match of the Iranian national football team in the group stage of the 2026 World Cup is scheduled to be held on Friday, June 26 in Seattle. Amir Ghalenoei said: 'We had complaints, but we didn't protest. We had 24 hours to prepare for the match against New Zealand, but for this match, we had less than 16 hours to be in the US. Due to the circumstances, we were forced to have half and incomplete training, and this made it difficult for us. We know that the FIFA president is trying to reduce our problems, but for this match, our problems increased.'