{"id":50681,"date":"2024-02-15T20:24:19","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T04:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=50681"},"modified":"2024-02-16T10:13:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T18:13:28","slug":"mesigar-mokhtari-is-a-rare-genius-in-beach-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2024\/02\/15\/mesigar-mokhtari-is-a-rare-genius-in-beach-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesigar: Mokhtari is a rare genius in beach soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA &#8211; Dubai, <strong>Moslem Mesigar and Mohammadali Mokhtar reflect on IR Iran&#8217;s pulsating shootout victory over Spain at UAE 2024 Dubai.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"rich-text_ul__wXyOQ\">\n<li class=\"rich-text_li__S676K\">\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\"><strong>IR Iran won a thriller with Spain on penalties<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rich-text_li__S676K\">\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\"><strong>Mohammadali Mokhtari scored four goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"rich-text_li__S676K\">\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\"><strong>Mokhtar and Moslem Mesigar reflect on the victory<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\">Chiky, David and Kuman were scrapping with one another over who would leave Dubai Design District Stadium in the superhero\u2019s cape. Spain, with little remaining of the second period, were 5-2 up and cruising to victory in their opening match of this FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\u2122. Mohammadali Mokhtari had other ideas. He finished the game with four goals, and in that esteemed cloak. Following a 6-6 draw, IR Iran emerged shootout victors of one of the competition\u2019s most pulsating matches of all time. \u201cWe\u2019re over the moon,\u201d Mokhtari told FIFA. \u201cWe\u2019re relieved as well. It\u2019s not often you\u2019re losing 3-0 and 5-2 in a World Cup and you come back to win. Yet alone against a team like Spain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-my-32 ff-my-lg-48 ff-my-xl-56 article-section_images__3JznX\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 d-flex justify-content-center\"><picture class=\"ff-text-blue-dark text-xs text-regular ff-mb-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/5742b00c-6f84-4e3f-ba6c-93c1b361663e\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:768&amp;quality=75\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 50vw, (min-width: 1024px) 70vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/5742b00c-6f84-4e3f-ba6c-93c1b361663e\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:640&amp;quality=75 640w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/5742b00c-6f84-4e3f-ba6c-93c1b361663e\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:768&amp;quality=75 768w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/5742b00c-6f84-4e3f-ba6c-93c1b361663e\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:1024&amp;quality=75 1024w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/5742b00c-6f84-4e3f-ba6c-93c1b361663e\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:1366&amp;quality=75 1366w, \" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\">\u201cBut we always believed we could do it. Our coach kept telling us we could do it. I think that\u2019s one of our assets: our never-say-die attitude.\u201d \u201cWe followed exactly what our coach told us,\u201d added Moslem Mesigar, who was on target with a crafty header. \u201cHe kept telling us we could win the game. We didn\u2019t panic and change our game plan. Our coach told us to keep doing what we were doing, we followed his orders, and here we are with the victory. \u201cIran will never give up. When you wear this shirt, you never give up.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-my-32 ff-my-lg-48 ff-my-xl-56 article-section_images__3JznX\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 d-flex justify-content-center\"><picture class=\"ff-text-blue-dark text-xs text-regular ff-mb-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/0b827f16-fafb-4526-8455-71695956f485\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:768&amp;quality=75\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1440px) 50vw, (min-width: 1024px) 70vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/0b827f16-fafb-4526-8455-71695956f485\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:640&amp;quality=75 640w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/0b827f16-fafb-4526-8455-71695956f485\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:768&amp;quality=75 768w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/0b827f16-fafb-4526-8455-71695956f485\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:1024&amp;quality=75 1024w, https:\/\/digitalhub.fifa.com\/transform\/0b827f16-fafb-4526-8455-71695956f485\/Spain-v-IR-Iran-Group-B-FIFA-Beach-Soccer-World-Cup-UAE-2024?io=transform:fill,width:1366&amp;quality=75 1366w, \" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"rich-text_p__3b-so text-regular\">Mokhtari attempted to deflect the plaudits post-match, insisting \u201cit was a team effort, every one of us gave it everything\u201d. His captain disagreed. \u201cMokhtari is a rare genius in beach soccer,\u201d said Mesigar. \u201cToday was just another day of him pulling off heroics. He\u2019s scored four goals against Spain. He\u2019s showed once again why he is one of the best players in the world.\u201d IR Iran will return to action against Argentina, who lost 4-3 to Tahiti, on Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FIFA &#8211; Dubai, Moslem Mesigar and Mohammadali Mokhtar reflect on IR Iran&#8217;s pulsating shootout victory&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34468,"featured_media":50687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-soccer","category-world-cup"],"views":639,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50682,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50681\/revisions\/50682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}