Iran to play Lebanon in warm-up friendlies

AFC - Asian futsal kingpins Iran will play two friendlies against Lebanon in Beirut on May 8 and 9 in preparation for the AFC Futsal Championship to be played in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, starting May 21.

Lebanon Football Association confirmed the friendlies saying these will give their team crucial experience ahead of the coveted event.

Lebanon, who won the AFC Futsal Champions plate last year, are in group C alongside Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan and Australia while seven-time champions Iran have been slotted in group D along with Thailand, Indonesia and Turkmenistan.