Iran’s futsal team continued its winning streak in the 4th Asian Indoor Games by beating China. In the match played on Wednesday in the quarter finals of the Futsal competition played at Songdo Global University Campus Arena , Iran beat China 8-0 to reach the semi finals of the games.
Iran goals were scored by Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh (3 goals), Hossein Tayebi (2 goals) , Ghodrat Bahadori , Maysam Khayyam, Mohammad Sepehri.
In the other quarter finals matches, Thailand beat Lebanon 7-3 to set up a semi final with Iran. Kuwait beat the host nation South Korea 3-1 to eliminate them from the competition while in the last match Japan beat Uzbekistan 54- in a closely contested match to set up a semi final match with Kuwait.
The match between Iran and Thailand will be played on Thursday 29th July at 11:30 Tehran Time (0700 UTC) .
Jesus Candelas Rodrigo , Iran’s coach will be looking forward for revenge against Thailand , after the East Asian nation beat Iran in last years Semi-final in the UAE.
Hossein Tayebi leads Iran’s futsal scoring list with 7 goals out of 33 scored in the last 3 matches. Ali Asghar Hassanzaeh is second with 6 goals while Mohammead Taheri is third with 5.
Iran’s average goal per game 1s 11 goals per game.
Iran’s woman Futsal team beat Indonesia 4-0 in the semi final of the Futsal competition and reached the finals for the first time. Nassema Gholami, Fereshteh Karimi(2) and Nilofar Ardalan scored Iran’s women team goals in Incheon to set up a final against Japan. Final of the Women competition will be held on Friday at 17:00 local time.
On the way to the finals, Iranian girls have beaten Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Indonesia to reach the gold medal match.