Courtesy: Tehran Times


Iran crushes S. Korea in 2012 AFC Futsal Championship

Iran got a great start on Friday in the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship as it secured an emphatic 14-1 victory over South Korea.

The 10-time continental champions were to play Qatar in Group C of the competitions late on Saturday.

The only black spot on Iran’s win was star player Vahid Shamsaee’s failure to score a goal despite being given reasonable amount of time by the coach Sanei Arani Ali.

“Vahid is so popular in futsal world that he is always marked tightly but we used this as our strategy as other three players get space enough to run and score,” Ali said.

“We started the tournament with a bang but we keep on improving and respecting our opponents to achieve our goal,” he added.

The Korean coach was devastated by the way his team played.

“Our players were all over the place today, before the match I have not thought about this margin of loss. But what’s gone is gone and tomorrow, we need to be prepared mentally and physically well to take on Australia,” Lee Chang-hwan said.

“It is very difficult to overpower from this disastrous loss by we don’t have any option than to be optimistic and hope that we fix it out from tomorrow,” the visibly dejected coach said.




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