Moments & Milestones: Tasisat Daryaei's 2015 futsal triumph

Tasisat Daryaei edge Qadsia to be crowned champions

Isfahan: Tasisat Daryaei became the first Iranian club since 2012 to win the AFC Futsal Club Championship, handing Qadsia a 5-4 defeat to claim the continental title at the Nagshe Jahan Stadium last October.

Asghar Hassanzadeh scored twice and there were single strikes from Ghodrat Bahadori, Reza Sangsefidi and Vahid Shamsaee as the Tehran side claimed the title.

Hamad Hayat and Abdulrahman Alwadi, also with a brace, were on target for the Kuwaiti club while Abdulrahman Altawail’s late goal made for a nervous finish for the home team.

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Tasisat had controlled proceedings for much of the game but were forced to survive the loss of Sangsefidi, who was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 30^th minute.

Tasisat had cruised to victory when the teams met in the group stages, the Iranians securing a 9-2 win, but with an additional week of match conditioning under their belt, Qadsia were a stronger proposition in the final.

Despite Qadsia’s improvement, however, it was Tasisat who took the lead after just two minutes when the ball was worked out to the left to Hassanzadeh and he smashed his effort into the corner.

But it wasn’t long before Qadsia were testing second string Tasisat goalkeeper Mehdi Mostafaei, who took over between the posts from the suspended Mostafa Nazari. Alwadi set his sights on goal from just inside the Tasisat half in the fifth minute, but Mostafaei pushed the ball away for a corner.

There was a similar outcome at the other end a minute later when Mohammad Zarei tried his luck, but a further minute later the Iranians doubled their lead, Shamsaee clipping his pass through to Bahadori, whose left foot shot from distance speared into the top corner.

Qadsia refused to be overawed and continued to push forward, with Alwadi hitting the post in the 11^thminute as Fabio Cortez’s team fought for a foothold in the game.