AFC - Tamoaki Watanabe's goal in the second-half of extra time saw Nagoya Oceans win the AFC Futsal Club Championship 2011 with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Shahid Mansouri at Al Rayyan Main Hall.
The Iranians had opened up a two-goal lead at the interval but Nagoya dug deep to level the contest despite the dismissal of captain Wataru Kitahara before Watanabe struck the winner in the second period of additional time.
Shahid had the better of the opening 20 minutes and almost took the lead in spectacular fashion but Ahmad Esmaeilpour's brilliant turn and shot smacked the crossbar and flew over.
The Iranians did strike first, though, when following a corner, the ball came back off the bar and a mighty scramble ensued before Hamid Nasiri slid home.
They doubled their lead 23 seconds before the break when Morteza Azimaeidivkolaei forged down the right before finding the top-left corner of the net with an unerring finish.
Worse was to follow for Nagoya at the start of the second-half when skipper Kitahara was dismissed for a professional foul - his second red card of the tournament - and Masoud Daneshvar almost made them pay moments later but his shot clipped the outside of the post.
The Japanese returned to full numbers without conceding and pulled a goal back when Rafael Henmi centred for Kenichiro Kogure to slot home.
Nagoya then equalised when the ball fell loose from a corner and Morioka Kaoru stabbed it into the back of the net and while both sides pushed hard for a winner, none was forthcoming as the game went into extra time.
The first period proved goalless but Nagoya took the lead for the first time with under three minutes to go when from a corner, keeper Mojtaba Nasirniaiefarouji pulled off an unbelievable double save but could not prevent Watanabe from eventually tucking home the loose ball.