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Iran hammers Belarus to Bag FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2024 bronze

An excellent display from the Iran Beach Soccer Team ensured they would depart the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with heads high and the bronze medal.

IR Iran put in one of the displays of UAE 2024 Dubai™ to thump Belarus 6-1 and claim bronze.

Ali Naderi’s side raced into a two-goal lead when Amirhosein Akbari’s overhead kick was diverted home by Ali Mirshekari before Movahed Mohammadpour sent his own acrobat effort flying into the net.

Three further second-period goals tightened Team Melli’s stranglehold on proceedings. Mohammadali Mokhtari netted his seventh goal of these finals in the third, and while Mikita Chaikouski fired home for Belarus, it wasn’t enough to trouble the final scoreline.

Iran makes it two consecutive third-place finishes in tournaments they’ve been involved in, after their Bahamas 2017 exploits. Belarus, meanwhile, heads home following their best-ever FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup campaign.

Yesterday, Iran lost to a last-second goal against Brazil in a thrilling yet heartbreaking semi-final. Team Melli was leading 2-0 well into the match for the Brazillians to remarkably turn the 2-goal deficit into a 3-2 victory.

Brazil defeated Italy 6-4 to win the title after the Iran=belarus match.

Iran goals: Mirshekari, Mohammadpour, Moradi, Amiri, Masoumi, Mokhtari

Belarus goals: Chaikouski

Player of the Match: Reza Amiri

Iran advances to the quarter finals of AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup 2023

PIran advanced to the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2023 knockout stage after defeating Uzbekistan 11-2 in their second Group B tie on Saturday.
With the United Arab Emirates defeating Malaysia 5-3 in Group B’s later match on Saturday, Iran joined the West Asians in confirming their quarter-final spots with a match to spare.
Iran and UAE will square off on Monday to decide the group winners.
Iran settled quickly with Ali Mirshekari testing Uzbekistan keeper Abdukarim Mukhamedov in the first minute.
Uzbekistan’s hopes of bouncing back from their opening-day defeat against UAE suffered a setback as Mirshekari found the back of the net when he sent a swerving shot past Mukhamedov in the third minute.
Uzbekistan tried to force their way back with Iyos Mallaev testing Iran keeper Seyedmahdi Mirjajili from close range, only for Iran to increase their tempo with Movahed Mohammadpour collecting a wonderful pass from Mohammadali Mokhtari to slot home from close range.
Iran continued to dictate play in the second half and it wasn’t long before the floodgates were opened with Mokhtari deflecting Mahdi Shirmohammadi’s shot into the back of the net from close range in the 14th minute.
Mohammadpour then collected his second goal of the evening when he calmly controlled Shirmohammadi’s pass to net Iran’s fourth in the 16th minute.
Uzbekistan, however, managed to pull one back in the 19th minute when Jamshid Rasulov scored from close range, steering home Mallaev’s corner.
Iran retaliated by scoring twice in the space of three minutes through Reza Amiri Zadeh and Mirshekari to put them 6-1 up at the 23rd minute mark.
Uzbekistan kept trying and scored their second through Mallaev’s spot-kick, but Moslem Mesigar responded for Iran with a looping header as they stayed firmly in control.
Iran furthered their advantage in the third half with Mokhtari scoring their ninth in the 26th minute before goals from Mesigar (33rd) and Shirmohammadi (36th) made it 10-2.
Mokhtari then added the final goal of the evening in the closing seconds to complete a comprehensive victory.