Maringá (PR)

Iran’s Futsal Team Melli failed to make it to the final after losing the semi final match against Russia.

In the second semifinal of the Brazil Futsal Grand Prix 2013 , Russia beat Iran by 4-2 and qualified to the final match against host Brazil . The Russians went ahead in the 13th minute of the first half goal from Milovanov after pass from Brazilian-born Russian Cyril . Six minutes later , Shayakhmetov extended Russia’s lead , closing the halftime score at 2-0 .

In the second period , Hassanzadeh played for Iran as line goalkeeper to pressure the Russians and look for a goal to recover the two goals deficit. An  oversight by advancing Iranian goalkeeper allowed  Gustavo kick to find the Iranian empty net at 12th minute to score Russia’s third – the ball has touched the crossbar before entering . At 15th minute , Iran came back into the game when Tayebi  scored to make it 3-1 and the match was on again, however a minute later , Fakhrutdinov scored again for Russia , throwing a bucket of cold water in the reaction of the Iranian players who were looking good. In the final minute , Bahadori scored for Iran to make it 4-2 but it was too late .

Iran will play Paraguay for the third place against on Sunday at 7pm . On Friday , Argentina and Guatemala competed for  fifth. est The Argentines , won 2-1 . In the match for the seventh place , Serbia beat Japan by 7-4 .

Lineups :
Russia: Gustavo , Romulus , Milovanov , Cyril and Antoshkin . Entered : Pereverzev , Fakhrutdinov , Shayakhmetov , Shisterov , Eder Lima .

Coach: Sergey Skorovich .

Iran : Nasirniae , Vafaie , Hassanzadeh , Tavakoli and Tayebi .

Entered : Bahadori , Hasannejed , Asghari Moghadam , Shafiee , Fakhim , Daneshvar and Kiaei .

Coach: Jesus Candelas .