FIFA Futsal World Cup: Iran 3 – 3 Azerbaijan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran and the Azerbaijan Republic shared an exciting 3-3 draw on Sunday in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia.
With the result, both teams advanced from Group F in second and third place respectively.
Iran will play Brazil in Round of 16 on Thursday.
The match settled into an entertaining and fast-tempo affair, with Mehran Alighadr hitting the post for Iran, while at the other end Eduardo pinged a shot against the crossbar after attempting to lob the keeper.
The second half commenced just like the first half with an exchange of goals. Farhad Tavakoli converted at the second attempt for Iran, while the always lively Gallo fired home with hard direct shot after a corner.
Azerbaijan was arguably having the better of the second half and went ahead through Gallo only for Iran’s Hossein Tayebi to end the scoring.
Iran, seeking to leapfrog its opponent into second, played with a flying goalkeeper in the latter stages and was nearly rewarded for its endeavor as Esmaielpour hit the post and Javid narrowly failed to convert the follow-up.