Iran thrash Uzbekistan in futsal friendly

AFC - Iran thrashed Asian futsal runners-up Uzbekistan 7-0 in the Tehran Friendly Futsal Tournament on Saturday.

A day after losing narrowly 2-1 to Russia, Vahid Shamsaee and Babak Masoomi were in scintillating form and scored a brace each while Javad Asgharimoghadam, Mohammad Hashemzade and Mohammad Taheri were on the mark once.

In another match, the Iranian B team held Russia 2-2 after a similar scoreline draw in the first match against Uzbekistan.

Iran coach Hossein Shams said: “Our players were quite better than Asian runners-up Uzbekistan in this game. We hope to win the AFC Futsal Championship for the eighth time in Japan this year.”

According to the competition format, the teams played only two matches and Russia do not meet Uzbekistan while the Iranian teams do not play each other.

Iran finished third in Uzbekistan in the previous edition of the AFC Futsal Championship after seven championship wins in a row.