TEHRANTIMES - Iran national beach soccer coach Marco Octavio stated that reaching the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup is a secret goal between him and his men.

Iran qualified from Group C at the 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Portugal after two wins against Spain and Mexico. Team Iran suffered a 4-3 defeat against Brazil in the second match but now they have to face Tahiti in the quarter final on Thursday.

“I’m extremely happy that my team has qualified from the group of death. We defeated Spain which is a world class team and now we are in the quarter final. But this is not our ultimate goal; we have a secret goal which is to reach the final,” Brazilian coach Marco Octavio told Tasnim News Agency.

“Now all we have to do is to focus on Thursday match against Tahiti who beat Russia in the group stage. They are a good side but we have to beat them to reach the final four,” Octavio added.