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Iran defeats Australia in AFC Futsal Championship.[/caption]Iran has defeated Australia 8-1 to win Group B at 2014 AFC Futsal Championship in the run-up to the quarterfinals.
Iran and Australia, both unbeaten teams, met for the Group B title in Ho ChiMinh City, Vietnam on Sunday.
Hossein Tayebi (in the 1st, 8th and 11th minutes), Mohamamd Taheri (in the 5th and 29th minutes), Alireza Vafaei (in the 15th minute), Vahid Shafiei (in the 16th minute) and Ahmad Esmaeilpour (in the 28th minute) secured Iran goals against Australia.
Daniel Fogarty scored for Australia in the seventh minute.
I think that the result came totally in the first half. In the second half I wanted to score more goals and play fast, but Australia were happy with the score, Iran coach Jesus Candelas said.
We are going step-by-step and each game we are just trying to get a good result, but we have to win just to keep the mentality of the team positive, said the Spaniard.
Australia coachSteve Knightpraised Irans futsal team, saying, We have very rarely played at this level and before the game the players were excited to play against such a quality team.
Iran, the 10-time Asian champion, is now going into the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship round of 16.
The competition, which started on April 30, runs until May 10.
Sixteen countries, divided into four groups of four teams, are participating in the tournament.
By Press TV
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