FIFA - The scoreline makes
for impressive reading, but in truth Iran's defence often looked
decidedly shaky in this Group D game from the FIFA Futsal World
Championship Chinese Taipei 2004. Their campaign is nonetheless up and
running again, though, whereas defeat for Cuba sees them needing to
thrash Portugal and hope Argentina beat Iran.
Unlike two days ago, when
Iran's over-dependence on Vahid Shamsaee was at the heart of the 4-0
loss to Portugal, this time it was positively beneficial. After just two
minutes of play, the Iranian star opened the scoring with an excellent
individual effort (1-0, 2'). After that, things grew quiet, and there
was precious little to trouble the exceptional Wilfredo Carbo in the
Cuban goal. Iran then resorted to counter-attacks before finally
doubling their advantage through Heidarian (2-0, 8'). |
Iran 8-3 Cuba: Asians fail to convince, despite 8 - 3 win
- Persianleague
- - Nov 24, 2004
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