Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup: Iran Thumps Japan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran national beach soccer team defeated Japan 6-1 in the 2021 Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup on Wednesday.
Mohammad Mokhtari, Mehdi Shirmohammadi, Mostafa Kiani, Movahed Mohammadpour, Ali Mirshekari and Hassan Abdollahi scored for Iran.
Okuyama Mansouri scored Japan’s only goal.
Russia also defeated Paraguay 8-7.
Team Melli will meet Russia in Group B on Thursday.
Iran won the last Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup in 2019 with a 6-3 win over Spain.