Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Papeete: Asian champions Iran revived their 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup hopes with an impressive 5-3 win over Senegal on Friday.
Mohammad Ahmadzadeh gave Iran the perfect start when he opened the scoring with just 120 seconds played and after Senegal had a goal chalked off from the ensuing restart Ahmadzadeh added his and Iran’s second with deft flicked header in a dramatic three-minute opening to the Group C encounter.
There was another frenetic spell of action on the quarter-of-hour-mark only Senegal skipper Ngalla Sylla reduced the deficit just before an own goal from Iran keeper Peyman Hosseini drew the Africans level just seconds later.
But parity was short-lived as Iran regained the lead through Amir Akbari virtually from the restart before Ahmadzadeh completed his hat-trick midway through the second period.
Sylla struck his second in the 28th minute but Iran restored their three-goal cushion just two minutes later when Farid Boulokbashi completed the scoring.
Photo: AFP