Futsal: The big game

Iran 5-5 Italy

FIFA.com -- The spectators in Brasilia knew they were in for a quarter-final in all but name and they did not go home disappointed. Despite building an early two-goal advantage thanks to Grana's double, the Azzurri eventually found themselves battling to stay in the competition. Team Melli took time to settle but were soon competing with impressive determination, twice bringing themselves level before taking a 4-3 lead. They also led 5-4 moments before the end, but with just 50 seconds on the clock Edgar Bertoni struck the decisive blow, knocking the Iranians out in the cruellest of twists. Goals: Masoud Daneshvar 11, 36 Ebrahim Masoudi 13, Mohammad Hashemzadeh 27, Ali Hassanzadeh 29 (Iran) ; Grana 2, 9, Patrick Nora 14, Fabiano 31, Edgar Bertoni 40 (Italy)

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14-Oct-2008
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futsal is as tough as outdoor football or soccer

by Amir nasiri (not verified) on Wed Oct 15, 2008 09:12 AM PDT

i have played it for many years while living in germany and belonging to fortuna kassel.

i actualyy want to let you is harder, faster and more exciting than the traditional soccer.

once again italian won morde khori


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CHAMPIONS ALL THE WAY

by MITRA Khuzestani (not verified) on Wed Oct 15, 2008 07:08 AM PDT

CHAMPIONS ALL THE WAY
Just watching this clip has made my day, I am so proud of our team.
PAYANDEH BASHID, FARZANDANE IRAN ZAMIN
BE OMID AZADY IRAN


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Nader

You are welcome Irandokht jan.

by Nader on Tue Oct 14, 2008 09:42 PM PDT

It is truly an axciting game and its popularity is growing.

This year at World Cup however, we surprised the world. These guys gave a new meaning to the word "heart".

Glad to be of assistance.

GO IRAN!

 

By the way, the WORLD RANKING of futsal just came out and Iran is number 4 in the world. Very impressive I might add.

 

current ranking - 13 October 2008 ranking team points rank dec 07 +/-
dec 07 1 (1) Brazil 1979 1 0 2 (2) Spain 1901 2 0 3 (3) Italy 1767 3 0 4 (6) Iran 1676 6 2 5 (5) Portugal 1671 4 -1 6 (4) Russia 1668 5 -1 7 (7) Argentina 1549 7 0 8 (8) Ukraine 1494 8 0 9 (9) Japan 1404 10 1 10 (10) Serbia 1394 9 -1


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IRANdokht

Thank you Nader

by IRANdokht on Tue Oct 14, 2008 09:20 PM PDT

As you can probably tell I am not into watching sports much and I had never even heard of Futsal.

I think the last football game I watched was between Iran and US wayyyyy back.

Thanks for the explanation. 

IRANdokht


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Majid

What a game, what a league !

by Majid on Tue Oct 14, 2008 09:14 PM PDT

So proud of our team, Great achievement guys!

Sarfaraaz baashid.


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Nader

Irandokht...

by Nader on Tue Oct 14, 2008 08:05 PM PDT

This is called Futsal. It's indoor soccer. Iran is the NINE time Asian champions.

This game is as exciting as the one played on grass.

Iranians are the master of Gole Koochik! 


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what a game

by shirazie (not verified) on Tue Oct 14, 2008 07:50 PM PDT

Italian team had 4 Brazilian born players. The claim is Brazil can field three national teams in any format of football.

But what a run..

Hope team Melli beats North Korea Tomorrow. Looking forward to go back to South Africa to see team Melli play


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Very sad

by Amir Nasiri (not verified) on Tue Oct 14, 2008 07:19 PM PDT

I watched the game and the match cast and if you look at the stats, Iran was leading in ball possession 68% to 32%. That is enormous gap in football standards.

The Italians were struggling and our heroes were making them run after the ball like crazy.

It was an unfair game.

I think it should have had been a penalty.

The Italians did not deserve to win at all.o

But I am very proud of the players, if you hadn't have the chance to watch some of the games go on youtube.com and search for futsal 2008 Iran and watch some of the clips.

They played world class game amongst the best in the world.


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IRANdokht

FIFA?

by IRANdokht on Tue Oct 14, 2008 04:42 PM PDT

have the football fields become smaller this year?  

what's going on?

IRANdokht


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Proud

by Mokhlesse (not verified) on Tue Oct 14, 2008 04:24 PM PDT

We were the proud of the asian teams in this Futsal competitions. We won champions like Spain and lost with honour.


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we are out but we had an impressive run

by Soccer Fan (not verified) on Tue Oct 14, 2008 04:13 PM PDT

We are out we needed to win but we had a great run and surprised many.


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Nader

True Champions!!

by Nader on Tue Oct 14, 2008 04:03 PM PDT

What a great display of sportsmanship by our boys on the world's stage!!

Please visit FIFA site and see what people are saying about our team.

We did not have our captain and one of our best scorers for this game, yet, we showed so much heart that Italy was cornered for most of the game.

Gongratulations to Iranians.

Iran SHIREEEEE! 


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