Futsal Team Melli played its first friendly match against Norilsky Nickel club in Moscow,

The match ended 1-1 with Iran’s goal scored by Vahid Shafei.

The two teams then went onto penalties shoots to decide a winner. 9 penalties were played by each team with Iran scoring 6 of them , the Russian club scoring 7 and declared the winner of the contest.

The hero of the penalties was non other than the Iranian Mostafa Nazari playing for Norilsky Nickel who managed to save several penalties from his compatriots and former team mates.

Mostafa Nazari has been recently discarded by the Spanish coach of Team Melli Jesús Candelas, for the upcoming AFC Futsal Championship 2014. Nazari , a prominent player and arguably the best futsal keeper in Iran , has his differences with the federation and coaches of Team Melli.

The professional futsal club competing in the Russian Futsal Super League has 3 Iranian players on its roster. In addition to the goalkeeper Mostafa Nazari , Hossein Tayyebi and Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh also play for Norilsky Nickel.

Futsal Team Melli next game is against MFK Mytishchi, another Russian league club on Thursday.