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Hossein proud of IR Iran’s depth

Hossein proud of IR Iran’s depth

Pattaya: Naderi Hossein was an extremely pleased head coach after eight out of his 12 players found the back of the net in Islamic Republic of Iran’s 14-0 success against Afghanistan in their AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2025 Group C match on Sunday.
To add to his delight, the win also secured the defending champions' place in the knockout stage with United Arab Emirates the other qualified team from Group C.
#ACBeachSoccer | Group C : Afghanistan 0 - 14 IR Iran

#ACBeachSoccer | Group C : Afghanistan 0 - 14 IR Iran

“In this second match, we knew that we could qualify for the quarter-finals so we needed to be focused and I think we managed to show our best,” said Hossein.

“To have so many different scorers shows the quality of the team. I'm very happy that my players have the chances to perform and they have.

“For now, we are only thinking about the next game against UAE and we will put our entire focus on that match and hopefully, we can get a positive result there as well.”
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Against Afghanistan, Iran showed they have the capacity to improve as a match progresses, scoring three in the opening period before adding four and seven goals in the subsequent periods.

Ali Mirshekari and Mahdi Shirmohammadi led the way with hat-tricks while Reza Amiri, Seyed Nazem, Abbas Rezaei, Saeid Piramoun, Movahed Mohammadpour and Mohammad Masoumizadeh also netted to take Iran’s total tally to 24 goals.

For Afghanistan, a second straight defeat meant the end of the road for them in the competition, but they can exit on a high by beating Indonesia - who are also yet to pick up a point - in their final group stage match. 
Afghanistan v Indonesia
Venue: Jomtien Beach Arena (Pattaya)
Kick-off: Tuesday, 15:30 (UTC+7)

IR Iran v UAE
Venue: Jomtien Beach Arena (Pattaya)
Kick-off: Tuesday, 18:30 (UTC+7)

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