Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Bangkok: After 12 matches in three drama-filled days and nights at the Bangkok Arena, the field at the 2016 AFC Futsal Club Championship has been whittled down to eight. Join the-afc.com as we look at some of the key figures from the first round of Asia’s club futsal showpiece.
Tayyebi and Co hit the ground running
With five goals from two matches, Tasisat Daryaei’s Hossein Tayyebi sits atop the scoring chart. Two goals against Almalyk followed by a hat-trick against Al Mayadeen helped Iran’s reigning Asian champions to two wins despite spirited opposition.
Tayyebi’s lethal form follows on from his excellent 2016 AFC Futsal Championship, where he scored 11 goals as Iran claimed the continental title. Elsewhere, there’s a three-way tie in second place with Mustafa Bachay Hamzah (Nafit Al-Wasat), Jirawat Sornwichian (Chonburi Bluewave) and Abdullah Salem (Al Sadd) all finding the back of the net three times.
Goals harder to come by
Despite the efforts of the players listed above, the tournament average of 5.0 goals per game is down from last year’s AFC Futsal Club Championship, where there was an average of 7.15 goals per game. Tasisat Daryaei are the tournament’s most prolific team so far, scoring ten goals in victories over Almalyk (4-3) and Al Mayadeen (6-2), but even their scoring rate is down on last year, where they plundered 17 in their two group matches.
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