{"id":44141,"date":"2021-11-05T14:35:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44141"},"modified":"2021-11-05T14:35:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:35:37","slug":"iran-defeats-senegal-to-face-russia-in-intercontinental-beach-cup-final-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2021\/11\/05\/iran-defeats-senegal-to-face-russia-in-intercontinental-beach-cup-final-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran defeats Senegal, to face Russia in  Intercontinental Beach Cup final [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beachsoccer.com &#8211; DUBAI, <strong>World champions reach final number seven as Hosseini and Abdollahi bow out of international beach soccer.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defending champions and the World Cup winners will compete in the final of the 2021 Tecnotree Intercontinental Beach Soccer Cup tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be the third time that the sides have faced each other in the final, and Iran has won both previous meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russia handily defeated Portugal to reach their seventh of the ten Intercontinental Cup finals, and Iran came from behind to defeat Senegal in a fiery semi-final match-up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a bittersweet moment for the Iranians as two legends of beach soccer, Peyman Hosseini and captain Hassan Abdollahi, announced their retirement from international beach soccer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Senegal 5-7 Iran<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The debutants met the defending champions in the semi-final, and it was Iran who was quicker off the mark as Mokthari smashed home midway through the first period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newcomers to the Intercontinental Cup they may be, but the Lions of Teranga pounced into action, Diagne leading the charge with three first-period goals, stunning Iran before the whistle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Raoul made it four in the second, but Mokthari and then Moradi \u2013 with a stunning mid-air volley \u2013 had the overwhelming Iranian crowd on their feet before long, cutting the score to 4-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amir Akbari, who both won top scorer and broke his arm in the last edition of the Intercontinental Cup, struck with a minute of the second period left and straight from the restart, Mokthari completed his hat-trick with an impressive acrobatic finish to give Iran the lead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mirshekari made it 4-6 but Madione converted for Senegal with six minutes of the match left and it looked as if the African champions might find an equalizer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the final blow went to the three-time kings, as captain Ahmadzadeh netted with seconds on the clock to seal a fourth final, and a third against Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the perfect send-off for Iranian talisman Peyman Hosseini and Hassan Abdollahi, who announced their retirement after the win against Senegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\ud83d\udd34 HIGHLIGHTS: Senegal \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf3 v Iran \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf7 - Who would join Russia in the final? 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