{"id":37218,"date":"2019-08-10T10:40:54","date_gmt":"2019-08-10T17:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=37218"},"modified":"2019-08-10T10:40:54","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T17:40:54","slug":"afc-futsal-club-championship-group-d-al-dhafra-05-mes-sungun-varzeqan-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2019\/08\/10\/afc-futsal-club-championship-group-d-al-dhafra-05-mes-sungun-varzeqan-video\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Futsal Club Championship: Group D – Al Dhafra 0:5 Mes Sungun Varzeqan [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AFC – BANGKOK, Defending champions Mes Sungun Varseqan cruised into the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Club Championship Thailand 2019 after defeating Al Dhafra Sports & Cultural Club 5-0 in a Group D tie on Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun’s win meant Japan’s Nagoya Oceans, who defeated Kazma SC of Kuwait 3-1 earlier on Saturday, also sealed their quarter-final spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun and Oceans will meet on Monday to decide the group winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Dhafra started aggressively and earned a free-kick just seconds in above the arc but the United Arab Emirates club failed to use the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun kicked into gear and came close to finding the net but Mahdi Javid\u2019s effort was denied by the woodwork.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Islamic Republic of Iran side opened the scoring in the third minute through Mohammad Shajari\u2019s strike from inside the box after excellent build up play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun came close to increasing their advantage a minute later but Javid\u2019s effort from inside the box was disallowed due to an infringement on Hamdan Abdulla Alkatheeri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Dhafra had to weather waves of attacks from Mes Sungun and relied on counter-attacks – one of which in the 11th minute nearly drew them level but Fabio Daniel\u2019s free-kick was parried away by goalkeeper Alireza Samimi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Al Dhafra goalkeeper Hassan Ali Alhantoobi was called into action three minutes later when he saved Javid\u2019s long-range effort and moments later, foiled the Iranian\u2019s attempt from close range off Farhad Fakhim\u2019s free-kick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Emiratis, who lost 4-2 to Nagoya Oceans in their opening game, could have scored the equaliser a minute before the break but Bruno Takashi wasted his effort when he placed his header just off the mark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun increased the intensity of their attacks in the second half and doubled their lead in the 23rd minute after Javid powered his free-kick over the Al Dhafra defence and into the net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2018 MVP would find the target again in open play when Fakhim cut through the Al Dhafra players before laying off for Javid to score from close range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mes Sungun made it 4-0 just after the half-hour mark through Alireza Vafaei\u2019s strike from long range with Abolghasem Orouji assisting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With five minutes left on the clock, Al Dhafra initiated the power play but it was Mes Sungun who went further ahead as Fakhim pounced on a stray pass and scored into an unattended goalmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos: AFC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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