{"id":18058,"date":"2014-05-04T07:18:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T14:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=18058"},"modified":"2014-05-04T11:57:58","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T18:57:58","slug":"afc-futsal-cship-iran-demalished-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2014\/05\/04\/afc-futsal-cship-iran-demalished-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Futsal C’ship: Iran demolished Australia [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – HO CHI MINH CITY, Hossein Tayebi scored a first half hat-trick as 10-time champions Iran recorded a third consecutive win at the AFC Futsal Championship with Sunday\u2019s 8-1 victory over Australia at Phu Tho Stadium securing top spot in Group C.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mohammad Taheri, Alireza Vafaei and Vahid Shafiei also scored for Iran in the first half, with Daniel Fogarty briefly equalising for Australia after Tayebi\u2019s earlier opener.<\/p>\n

And with Ahmad Esmailpour and Taheri extending Iran\u2019s advantage in the second half, Iran added to their earlier wins over Indonesia and China to set-up a quarter-final meeting with the runners-up from Group A.<\/p>\n

Australia, meanwhile, will face the winners of Group A having seen their 100% recorded ended.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that the result came totally in the first half. In the second half I wanted to score more goals and play fast, but Australia were happy with the score,\u201d said Iran coach Jesus Candelas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are going step-by-step and each game we are just trying to get a good result, but we have to win just to keep the mentality of the team positive.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes scoring too many goals can have a negative consequence so I have to make sure my players remain focused.”<\/p>\n

Having earlier beaten Indonesia and China, it took just 60 seconds for Iran to open the scoring as Tayebi followed up after Adam Cooper had blocked Asghar Hassanzadeh\u2019s shot.<\/p>\n

But Australia found themselves back on level terms as Fogarty fired into the roof of the net from Tobias Seeto\u2019s corner.<\/p>\n

Iran, though, regained the lead in controversial circumstances in the 10th minute as Shafiei crossed for Taheri to score with Australia calling for play to be stopped after a second ball had entered the field of play.<\/p>\n

And Iran doubled their lead when Shafiei saw his shot from a tight angle parried by Australia goalkeeper Peter Spathis straight to the feet of Tayebi to tap in his second of the game.<\/p>\n

Tayebi completed his first half hat-trick in the 11th minute when a long ball forward found him with just the Spathis to beat, and he kept his composure to side-step the goalkeeper and roll the ball into an empty net.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s fifth goal arrived in the 15th minute when a clearance from Cooper fell straight to the feet of Vafaei who shot low through the legs of Spathis.<\/p>\n

And Iran went into the break with a five goal advantage when a loose pass from Greg Giovenali was intercepted by Esmailpour and Shafiei fired past Spathis.<\/p>\n

Esmailpour further extended in the 28th minute as he stepped inside onto his right foot before placing his shot into the bottom corner.<\/p>\n

And a minute later Esmailpour was again involved in Iran\u2019s eighth and final goal as he played a one-two with Taheri who scored his second of the match.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have very rarely played at this level and before the game the players were excited to play against such a quality team,\u201d said Australia coach Steve Knight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first 10 minutes we competed, but we have very different goals to Iran and we were able to achieve some of our goals.\u201d<\/p>\n