Iran Press/Iran news: Iran's futsal players ended their 2019 AFC U-20 Futsal Championship campaign on a high note when they defeated Indonesia 9-1 at the Pour Sharifi Stadium on Saturday.
Iran were looking to impress their fans with a third place finish after their 8-4 loss to Japan in the semi-finals, but they had to do it without Sahand Rezapour, who was serving a one-match ban, Iran Press reported.
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The match was intense from the first whistle of the blow, with Indonesia playing a little more aggressively as Muhammad Rizki Xavier picked up the first yellow card of the game within the first minute.
During the first half, Iran scored 6 goals.
In the second half, Iranian players netted the goals two more times.
The Indonesian rivals could compensate one of the goals but Iranian player netted Iran's 9th goal.
Meanwhile, according to Futsal World Ranking, Iran stood first in Asia and third in the latest ranking.
The new ranking that was released on Saturday shows Iran with 1663 point, following Brazil (1876 pts.) and Spain (1763 pts.).
According to the website, Japan, Thailand and Uzbekistan are second to fourth in Asia.
Iran is preparing for the preliminary round of the AFC Futsal Championship 2019 and the qualifying competition for the 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup. 213
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