Defending world and Asian futsal champions,
Spain and Iran, played a friendly in Santander on Monday that was won
by the host side, IRNA reported from Madrid.
Iranian indoor footballers played a crowd-pleasing game but lost
to the world champion.
In front of some 5,000 home fans in a Santander hall, northern
Spain, the host defeated the Iranian team 6-2.
Iran played cautiously in the first half and lost 4-1 as top
goalscorer of Asia, Vahid Shamsaei, scored the sole goal in the 17th
minute. Spain slotted home in the 16th, 18, 19th, and 23rd minutes.
After the break, Iran had a better performance and and managed to
grab the second in the 5th minute of the second half when Shamsaei
netted but this was Javier Sanchez who hit two in the second and
fourth minutes. Spectators cheered Iranian players for their high
skills.
Iran and Spain play their second friendly on Tuesday. Spain has so
far succeeded in lifting the world title once and the European trophy
two times and Iran is the four-times champion of Asia.
