{"id":54428,"date":"2026-01-28T09:21:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=54428"},"modified":"2026-01-28T09:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T17:21:52","slug":"afc-futsal-asian-cup-2026-iran-starts-campaign-with-win-over-malaysia-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2026\/01\/28\/afc-futsal-asian-cup-2026-iran-starts-campaign-with-win-over-malaysia-video\/","title":{"rendered":"AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2026: Iran starts campaign with win over Malaysia [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; JAKARTA, <strong>Iran\u2019s title defense started with a 4-1 win against Malaysia in their AFC Futsal Asian Cup Indonesia 2026 Group D tie on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the win, Iran joined Afghanistan &#8211; who beat Saudi Arabia 3-0 earlier in the day &#8211; on maximum points.<\/p>\n<p>Malaysia forced Bagher Mohammadi into making two early saves, both efforts from Awalluddin Nawi but it was Iran who would take the lead inside the opening minute.<\/p>\n<p>A mix-up between goalkeeper Syaifuddin Syukri and Saad Sani saw what was supposed to be an easy gather turned into a simple tap-in for Mohammadhossein Derakhshani.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammadi came to the rescue of Iran again in the fifth minute, coming out of his goalmouth to stop a marauding Firdaus Ambiah who had broken through the last line of defense, the-afc.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, Syaifuddin had to work hard to prevent the gap from widening, making a smart reflex swing to tip away Salar Aghapour\u2019s rasping drive in the 10th minute and then sticking his leg out in the 18th to clear a volley from the same player before Hossein Tayebi cracked a shot against the post just before the break. <\/p>\n<p>After the interval, Malaysia continued to soak up Iran\u2019s pressure with the occasional counter attacks looking dangerous but the reigning champions\u2019 efficiency came to the fore in the 25th minute.<\/p>\n<p>Aghapour &#8211; from the kick-in &#8211; teed up Behrooz Azimi for a precise low strike into the bottom corner which Syaifuddin could do nothing about.<\/p>\n<p>Iran were brimming with confidence now, adding a third a minute later when Tayebi capitalized on a Malaysian mistake to fire home from the edge of the semi-circle.<\/p>\n<p>Moslem Oladghobad added another for Iran in the 28th minute with Malaysia netting a late consolation through Awalluddin. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Record champions kick off in style! | IR Iran - Malaysia | Highlights | AFC Futsal Asian Cup\u2122\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4i2AcxaNl5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; JAKARTA, Iran\u2019s title defense started with a 4-1 win against Malaysia in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":54429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175,84,88,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asian-cup","category-c47-featured-news","category-c15-futsal","category-c13-team-melli-news"],"views":816,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54428","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\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54430,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54428\/revisions\/54430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}