Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup: Iran Defeats Paraguay
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran started the seventh edition of the Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup with 5-2 victory over Paraguay on Tuesday.
Captain Mohammad Ahmadzadeh put the Iranians in the clear at the end of the first period, but Paraguay came right back with two quick strikes from Luis Alberto Ojeda and Carlos Alfredo Carballo Ruiz to make it 2-1 in favor of the South Americans.
Amir Hossain Akbari put the teams on level terms and then Iran took the lead once again when Seyed Ali Nazem scored. Moslem Mesigar got his name on the scoresheet with 3.12 minutes remaining and skipper Ahmadzadeh put things out of reach within a minute to wrest full points and set up an interesting encounter against Mexico on Wednesday.
Earlier, Russia defeated Mexico 6-2, defending Champion Brazil overpowered Egypt 11-3 and Portugal beat the UAE 6-4.
Iran has been drawn along with Russia, Mexico and Paraguay in Group B.
Group A consists of Brazil, the UAE, Portugal and Egypt.
The 2017 Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup is an annual international beach soccer tournament contested by men's national teams, held in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
