AFC Futsal Club Championship SF: Naft Al Wasat 3-7 Tasisat Daryaei

AFC – ISFAHAN, Tournament hosts Tasisat Daryaei booked their place in the final of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship on Wednesday with a 7-3 win over Iraq’s NAFT Al Wasat at the Nagshe Jahan Stadium.

Majid Raeisi scored a hat-trick while Ghodrat Bahadori, Mohamad Keshavarz, Reza Sangsefidi and Vahid Shamsaee (pictured) also netted for the Iranian side, who will meet Qadsia from Kuwait in the final on Friday.

Tasisat, however, will go into the final without the services of goalkeeper Mostafa Nazari who was sent off by Australian referee Chris Colley in the 14th minute for handling the ball outside his area.

But the hosts will be confident of success against a Qadsia side they defeated 9-2 during the group stages of a competition in which they have now scored 28 times.

Bahadori gave Tasisat the perfect start when he found the back of the net after just two minutes, although Mohammad Naser Safari levelled the scores just two minutes later when he struck on the break.

Tasisat put themselves back in front in the 12th minute when Vahid Shamsaee’s corner was directed over the goal line as Raeisi claimed his first and, two minutes later, the 34-year-old had his second of the night when he linked up with Shamsaee once again to score from close range.

Seconds later, though, goalkeeper Nazari saw red for claiming the ball with his hands outside the area and a minute later NAFT made their advantage count when Rafid Hameed poked the ball home.

By the 17th minute Tasisat restored the two-goal cushion when Keshavarz swept his classy left-foot strike into the top corner, allowing the Iranians to breath easy going into the half-time break.

The result was effectively put beyond doubt less than a minute into the second half as Sangsefidi charged down the left before smashing his left-foot shot home for his side’s fifth of the game.

Raeisi then completed his hat-trick with nine minutes to go when he scored from long range and, although Ali Abdulelah scored in the 36th minute for NAFT on a power play, Tasisat maintained control to stay on course to become the first Iranian winner of the title since 2012 with Shamsaee scoring in the dying seconds to put the icing on the cake.