{"id":24442,"date":"2016-02-22T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=24442"},"modified":"2016-02-22T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T23:50:10","slug":"more-to-come-from-new-generation-insists-iran-futsal-coach-nazemalsharie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2016\/02\/22\/more-to-come-from-new-generation-insists-iran-futsal-coach-nazemalsharie\/","title":{"rendered":"More to come from new generation insists Iran Futsal coach Nazemalsharie"},"content":{"rendered":"

AFC – TASHKENT, Coach Mohammad Nazemalsharie believes all-conquering Iran can still get better after securing an 11th AFC Futsal Championship with a 2-1 win over hosts Uzbekistan in Sunday\u2019s final.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Iran went behind to Dilshod Irsaliev\u2019s early strike before Ghodrat Bahadori and captain Mohammad Keshavarz scored to claim the continental crown in front of a packed Uzbekistan Stadium.<\/p>\n

Nazelmalsharie\u2019s team claimed six successive wins en route to winning a first continental title since defeating Uzbekistan 8-3 in 2010, while also erasing the memory of the final day penalty shootout defeat to Japan two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the past two tournaments we couldn\u2019t be champions because we were going through a generational change,\u201d said Nazemalsharie.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we had great preparation for this tournament, so we went into it thinking that we would be champions. We played well throughout the competition, but as a team I still think we can get better.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the only game when we were under pressure so it wasn\u2019t a game that we needed to score lots of goals, we just needed to have control.\u201d<\/p>\n

Iran began their continental campaign with successive Group B wins over Jordan, China, and Iraq before seeing off Kyrgyzstan 7-0 in the quarter-finals and Iran Vietnam 13-1 in the semi-finals to advance to the final<\/p>\n

\u201cIt maybe wasn\u2019t the best performance of the tournament that I expected, but that\u2019s because the standard of Uzbekistan has improved so much,\u201d added Nazemalsharie.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a very good coach who knows what to do and performs his role very well. But aside their technical ability, their fans also make a big difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the build up to this tournament helped us a lot as we faced tough matches in Brazil that prepared my players for a night like tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

The newly-crowned champions had also earlier qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia as one of the competition\u2019s top five teams and have now followed in the footsteps of inaugural AFC Women\u2019s Futsal Championship winners Iran and AFC Futsal Club Championship winners Tasisat Daryaei.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis tournament was great for preparing us for the World Cup. It is a good situation for Iranian futsal as our club side and women\u2019s side have won the Asian championships,\u201d said Nazemalsharie.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are now the third team in that group so it shows things are getting better.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photo: AFC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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