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Day 3 Reports

SHENZHEN NANLING TIELANG 3-5 BANK OF BEIRUT

Isfahan: Last year’s semi-finalists Shenzhen Nanling Tielang crashed out of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship on Sunday after slipping to a 5-3 defeat at the hands of Bank of Beirut at Nagshe Jahan Stadium.
Rudolpho Da Costa scored twice and Mohamad Kobeissy also netted to give Bank of Beirut a 3-1 lead at half-time, with Lu Yue finding the back of the net for Shenzhen in the Group D meeting the Chinese side had to win to remain in the competition.

Goals from Eder and Ahmad Esmaeilpour saw Shenzhen fight back early in the second period but despite increased pressure they were unable to find the goal needed to advance and late efforts from Mehdi Javid and goalkeeper Hussain Hamadani sealed their fate.

“It was a very hard match for us,” said Bank of Beirut coach Dejan Dedovic. “In the first half we should have finished the game because we missed so many opportunities.

“At the beginning of the second half we hit the bar and after that we conceded two goals and the players became tired. But I knew they would sacrifice themselves to win this game.

“We knew that they needed to score and I told my players that in the first 10 minutes of the first half it was very important for us not to concede, especially if we scored a goal then the game would be much easier for us. After that all the plans were changing.”

Bank of Beirut took the lead after 10 minutes when Brazilian Da Costa scored on the turn and, just a minute later, he added to the advantage when he tapped in from close range following Javid’s rapid break.

Lu Yue pulled one back for Shenzhen in the 13th minute when he slid in to meet Esmaeilpour’s ball across the court, but within seconds the Lebanese side were two goals ahead once again when Kobeissy flicked the ball past goalkeeper Wei Zheng.

Shenzhen needed to win to progress and threw everything forward in the second half to reduce the deficit. Eder scored from inside the area two minutes after the restart while a minute later Esmaeilpour equalised with a right-foot finish.

But for all their pressure – which saw Eder and Lu hit the frame of the goal – Shenzhen could not find the winner they needed and, with the Chinese side pushing forward on a power play, Javid intercepted the ball and ran into the empty net before Hamadani sealed the result with a goal from inside his own area.

“We’re so disappointed with this game, we played as if this was the first time we have played in the AFC Futsal Club Championship,” said Shenzhen coach Adil Amarante. “We made mistakes in both games and it’s very important for us to realise that it was these mistakes that led us to lose these games.

“Our goal today was to win the game but in the first half we were behind by two goals and in the second half it was difficult to fight back and that’s why we lost. In the second half we drew level, but we were still making mistakes.”


CHONBURI BLUEWAVE 1-2 AL RAYYAN SC

Isfahan: Thailand’s Chonburi Bluewave were handed a 2-1 defeat by Al Rayyan from Qatar in their final Group C game of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship as the former champions exited the tournament on Sunday.
The result left all three teams level on three points after two games but Iraq’s NAFT Al Wasat won Group C having scored more goals than either Al Rayyan or Chonburi, while the Qataris took second place due to their victory over the 2013 champions.

Al Rayyan needed to win to have any hope of advancing to the last eight and took the lead through Diego Costa before Kritsada Wongkeo struck with a free kick that pulled the 2013 tournament winners level.

But a goal five minutes from time by Flavio secured the points for Al Rayyan and ensured both the Qataris and NAFT Al Wasat from Iraq advanced at the expense of the Thais, who finished as runners-up last year.

“My team deserves to qualify,” said Al Rayyan coach Enrique Martinez. “Every game is difficult but to win against Chonburi makes me very happy with my team. It’s difficult to control the score but we knew we would qualify if we won.

“Our objective was to qualify for the quarter-finals for Qatar, this is the goal. Now we play face-to-face against the Vietnamese. Maybe the level is similar. I’m sure my team will improve because we have confidence.”

The first half finished goalless with Al Rayyan grateful to Iranian goalkeeper Sepehr Mohammadi for a superb performance between the posts that thwarted the Thais, keeping out efforts from Keattiyot Chalaemkhet and Jirwat Sornwichian.

Seven minutes into the second half, the Qataris built on their defensive solidity to take the lead as Diego Costa was played in on goal by skipper Saad Al Shahwani and the Brazilian made no mistake with his finish.

Less than a minute later though Chonburi were level as Kristada struck with a vicious free kick that Mohammadi could do little to stop.

But, with just five minutes remaining and Chonburi looking increasingly capable of picking up the draw they needed, Al Rayyan went back in front when Flavio hit an unstoppable shot from 15 metres out.

“We made some mistakes and we couldn’t finish the moves and we couldn’t score enough goals,” said Chonburi coach Rakphol Sainetngam. “It’s disappointing that we weren’t able to accomplish what we thought we could.

“We made so many mistakes and that’s why the result is the way it is. Also, we didn’t study the regulations enough and we made some mistakes, but we’ll make sure we learn from this and come back next year stronger.”


NAGOYA OCEANS 2-2 MFC EMGEK

Isfahan: Ruslan Gafurov’s last-gasp goal earned MFC Emgek a surprise 2-2 draw with defending champions Nagoya Oceans on Sunday and a place in the quarter-finals of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship as winners of Group B.
The Japanese side looked to have secured the points thanks to Kaoru Morioka’s penalty four minutes from time but Gafurov’s emphatic effort on the stroke of full-time ensured the club from Kyrgyzstan topped the group ahead of Nagoya by virtue of a better goal difference.

Nagoya had been forced to come from behind after Rustam Ermekov had given MFC Emgek the lead only for Serginho to level for the Japanese club.

MFC Emgek coach Kanimet Aralbaev was sent from the bench after a sixth foul was awarded against his team, giving Morioka the opportunity to put Nagoya in front for the first time in the game.

But Gafurov’s successful penalty – also awarded for a sixth team foul with just five seconds remaining – led to wild celebrations on the Kyrgyz club’s bench.

“I don’t know what to say now,” said Nagoya coach Victor Acosta. “Unfortunately we drew in this game, we tried to do our best and we did our best.

“We had many kinds of chances to score but we couldn’t manage it. They defended very well and they were a very good opponent. Their goalkeeper was amazing. Now we need to rest and think about the next game.

“For sure they played very well, but in the first half we played better than our opponent. We had a lot of chances and if we had scored one of the chances we created maybe the result would have been different.”

MFC Emgek took a surprise lead in the 10th minute when Ermekov steered the ball between the legs of goalkeeper Ryuma Shinoda and the Kyrgyz club refused to be overawed by the reigning champions.

Serginho levelled the scores in the 14th minute with a low drive from distance but as time ticked by the game looked destined to end in a draw thanks to an inspired performance from goalkeeper Kirill Ermolov and a determined effort by the Emgek defence.

However, a sixth team foul for MFC Emgek saw Nagoya awarded an attempt at goal from the second penalty mark and Morioka thumped the ball low, only for his effort to be cancelled out with seconds remaining when Gafurov struck emphatically from the spot at the other end.

“We were playing against the champions and it was a hard game, so I should thank all of our players and especially our goalkeeper, who played so well,” said Gafurov.

“We couldn’t have had this result without him.”


TASISAT DARYAEI 9-2 QADSIA

Isfahan: Hosts Tasisat Daryaei will take on defending champions Nagoya Oceans in the quarter-finals of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship on Tuesday as Vahid Shamsaee led the hosts to an emphatic 9-2 victory over Kuwait’s Qadsia SC on Sunday.
Shamsaee scored four times to ensure Tasisat took top spot in Group A to set up the meeting with the Japanese side, who finished in second place in Group B after they were surprisingly held to a draw by tournament newcomers MFC Emgek earlier in the day.

“We can’t ignore the result, we are happy but we are trying to move beyond the other teams and go to the next level,” said Tasisat coach Amir Shamsaei. “This is our goal.

“We were looking for a good result but it’s also important for us to improve game-by-game and also analyse each team in front of us. The result is not as important, improvement is the key.”

All four of Shamsaee’s goals came in the second half following a tight opening period that ended with the Iranians leading by a solitary goal.

Reza Sangsefidi put Tasisat in front after just four minutes with a right-foot finish after good work down the left by Ashgar Hassanzadeh, but Adulrahman Al Wadi levelled the scores three minutes later when he finished off a flowing Qadsia move.

However, Mohammad Zarei restored the home side’s advantage two minutes later when he smashed in a right-footed effort, and from there Tasisat never looked back.

Shamsaee claimed his first of the evening in the 24th minute when he held off the defence before turning to fire past second-choice goalkeeper Khaled Abdullah as the 39-year-old kicked off a seven-minute scoring spree.

His second followed just two minutes later when his effort from long range slipped under Abdullah and by the 28th minute he had completed his hat-trick when he scored from the left side.

There was more to come from the veteran superstar when, in the 31st minute he manoeuvred himself into the middle before thumping another right-footed effort beyond the hapless Abdullah.

Tasisat continued their relentless second-half run with Iran national team captain Hassanzadeh netting in the 32nd and 33rd minutes before Rafael scored a consolation for Qadsia, only for Ali Ebrahimi to restore the seven-goal cushion seconds later.

“I had a problem in my group because my first choice goalkeeper (Sayyedhasan Ebraheem) was sick and it was impossible for him to play in the second half, so my second-choice goalkeeper had to come in and he was nervous because he’s playing against one of the biggest teams in Asia,” said Qadsia coach Fabio Cortez.

“Also, I had three players on yellow cards and I was thinking about the next round because maybe they would take a second yellow and they won’t play in the second round.

“This game is only about who is first and who is second, so it’s not I don’t like to lose, and I'm not happy about this. I am happy because my team is going into the next round.”






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