The semifinal matches of the NIOC Nationalization Cup 2005 were played yesterday in Tehran. Thanks to the help of our collaborator from Iran, Mahdiar Ghaffari, we can offer to you a complete resume from the first day tournament.

NIOC Nationalization Cup: fixture and results


Semifinals

15/4/2005

h. 14:00

NIOC - Japan 6-8 a.p. (4-4;2-2)

NIOC
Starting five: Mansour Molaei (GK), Kiumars Kazemi, Moslem Tolouei, Kazem Mohammadi, Abdollah Rezaei.
Substitutions: Asghar Ghahremani (GK), Kazem Sadeghi (GK), Abolfazl Seyedi, Mojtaba Moeini, Mojtaba Ahangaran, Ahmad Pariazar, Amir Amirbeigi, Mohsen Hassanzadeh, Saeid Abdollahnejadian.
Coach: Asghar Aghabozorgi

JAPAN
Starting Five: Hisamitsu Kawahara (GK), Yusuke Komiyama, Rikarudo Higa, Yuki Kanayama, Kenichiro Kogure
Substitutions: Ryota Ishiwata (GK), Masanori Ito, Takeo Itaya, Ryuji Suzuki, Kensuke Takahashi, Daisuke Ono, Kotaro Inaba.
Coach: Sergio Sapo

Scorers:

0-1 Daisuke Ono (18')
1-1 Mojtaba Ahangaran (19')
2-1 Ahmad Pariazar (20')
2-2 Kenichiro Kogure (20')
2-3 Daisuke Ono (27')
2-4 Kotaro Inaba (29')
3-4 Mojtaba Ahangaran (35')
4-4 Kazem Mohammadi (39')

Penalties:

4-5 Rikarudo Higa (JAP)
4-5 Kazem Mohammadi (NIOC) - Missed
4-6 Masanori Ito (JAP)
5-6 Ahmad Pariazar (NIOC)
5-7 Kensuke Takahashi (JAP)
6-7 Saeid Abdollahnejadian (NIOC)
6-7 Kenichiro Kogure (JAP) - Missed
6-7 Moslem Tolouei (NIOC) - Missed
6-8 Daisuke Ono (JAP)

1st Referee: Manoucher Nazari (IRI)
2nd Referee: Abdolkarim Sistani (IRI)
3rd Referee: Alireza Sohrabi (IRI)
Timekeeper: Alireza Rajabi (IRI)

Yellow card: 40' Ahmad Pariazar (NIOC), 40' Mojtaba Moeini (NIOC), 44' Mansour Molaei (NIOC)

Match commentary by Mahdiar Ghaffari

NIOC, a team including some former national players together with other who could be selected for the national team, played a fantastic match against Japan. They shot the ball 4 times to the bar, and were so unlucky in attempting at Kawahara's goal. In a day that NIOC's goalkeeper Mansour Molaei (who plays for the league title holder Shensa in the Iranian league) spent a great party.

JAPAN, didn't play so well in the 1st half, but between minutes 20 to 30 performed very tactically and scored 2 goals in those minutes. Kogure spent a good day in Tehran, except missing the penalty at the end.



15/4/2005

Iran - Stockholm All Stars 7-1 (4-0)

h. 15:30

IRAN
Starting Five: Reza Naseri (GK), Mohsen Zarei, Mohammad Hashemzadeh, Majid Raeisi, Vahid Shamsaee (C)
Substitutions: Hamidreza Abrarinia (GK), Mostafa Nazari (GK), Javad Asghari, Amin HAshemian, Hosein Soltani, Mohammad Keshavarz, Majid Tikdarinejad, Javad Taheri
Coach: Jurandir Dutra De Azeredo

STOCKHOLM ALL STARS:
Starting Five: Johan Linell (GK), Stefan Kordelius, Jonas Packalén, Murat Kücügöl, Birhan Akdag (C).
Substitutions: Toumas Kuisma, Jonas Olsson, Tony Bergquist, Patrik Jokitalo.
Coach: Abbas Razavi

Scorers:

1-0 Vahid Shamsaee (05')
2-0 Vahid Shamsaee (08')
3-0 Amin Hashemian (10')
4-0 Amin Hashemian (13')
5-0 Mohsen Zarei (29')
6-0 Mohammad Hashemzadeh (33')
6-1 Birhan Akdag (37')
7-1 Vahid Shamsaee (39')

1st Referee: Adel Al-Shatti (KUW)
2nd Referee: Rahman Al-Ghader Abdollah (BAH)
3rd Referee: Pejman Raoufi (IRN)
Timekeeper: Javad Fahili Rad (IRN)

Yellow card: 36' Patrik Jokifalo (SAS)


Match commentary by Mahdiar Ghaffari

IRAN seemed not so different from the team who played in Chinese Taipei. Swedish players had many chances to score, showing a not perfect defence from Iran. The 5th goal of Iran was very tactically, after making a square, Zarei scored from just some centimeters to the goal. But as always it was the technical skill that helped Iran to win this match.

SAS, at the first international experience offered an impressive performance. They did a great match against Iran, under the guide of the Iranian coach Abbas Razavi (former soccer coach of Iran national team & Esteghlal Tehran, in the 80's) who is living in Sweden since years ago. In some moments of the match they were more tactical than Iran. They opened the match very well, till Shamsaee scored 2 goals by his personal skill. SAS unexperienced futsal players missed many chances during this match, but they did show that they have great opportunities to improve, maybe in next years we'll hear more about Swedish Futsal ...



Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com