Iran’s Futsal Team Melli failed to make it to the final after losing the semi final match against Russia.
In the second semifinal of the Brazil Futsal Grand Prix 2013 , Russia beat Iran by 4-2 and qualified to the final match against host Brazil . The Russians went ahead in the 13th minute of the first half goal from Milovanov after pass from Brazilian-born Russian Cyril . Six minutes later , Shayakhmetov extended Russia’s lead , closing the halftime score at 2-0 .
In the second period , Hassanzadeh played for Iran as line goalkeeper to pressure the Russians and look for a goal to recover the two goals deficit. An oversight by advancing Iranian goalkeeper allowed Gustavo kick to find the Iranian empty net at 12th minute to score Russia’s third – the ball has touched the crossbar before entering . At 15th minute , Iran came back into the game when Tayebi scored to make it 3-1 and the match was on again, however a minute later , Fakhrutdinov scored again for Russia , throwing a bucket of cold water in the reaction of the Iranian players who were looking good. In the final minute , Bahadori scored for Iran to make it 4-2 but it was too late .
Iran will play Paraguay for the third place against on Sunday at 7pm . On Friday , Argentina and Guatemala competed for fifth. est The Argentines , won 2-1 . In the match for the seventh place , Serbia beat Japan by 7-4 .
Lineups :
Russia: Gustavo , Romulus , Milovanov , Cyril and Antoshkin . Entered : Pereverzev , Fakhrutdinov , Shayakhmetov , Shisterov , Eder Lima .
Coach: Sergey Skorovich .
Iran : Nasirniae , Vafaie , Hassanzadeh , Tavakoli and Tayebi .
Entered : Bahadori , Hasannejed , Asghari Moghadam , Shafiee , Fakhim , Daneshvar and Kiaei .
Coach: Jesus Candelas .