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Day 5 Reports

THAI SON NAM FC 3-3 QADSIA (1-2 PENS)

Isfahan: Qadsia became the first club from Kuwait to reach the final of the AFC Futsal Club Championship on Wednesday when goalkeeper Sayyedhassan Ebraheem saved two penalties to earn his side a 2-1shoot-out win over Thai Son Nam after their semi-final at Nagshe Jahan Stadium ended in a 3-3 draw.
Qadsia will face either tournament hosts Tasisat Daryaei or Iraq’s NAFT Al Wasat in Friday’s final as they aim to become the first Kuwaiti club to win the tournament since its inception in 2010.

Ebraheem saved penalties from Artur Yunusov and Tran Van Vu to deny the Vietnamese club, who took an early lead before being forced to come back late in the game to take proceedings into extra-time.

Abdulrahman Alwadi netted twice and Iranian international Mohammad Taheri was also on the score sheet as Qadsia bounced back from going behind to Van Vu’s early goal, but strikes from Phung Trong Luan and Yunusov in the second half ensured the game went into extra-time.

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Thai Son Nam took the lead with little more than a minute on the clock when Van Vu blasted his free kick through the defensive wall with such power that Ebraheem was unable to hold on, fumbling the ball over the line.

Three minutes later, though, Qadsia were back on level terms. Alwadi skipped past the challenge of Pham Duc Hoa before hammering his right-foot shot into the top corner.

Barely another minute had passed when Qadsia took the lead. It was Alwadi who was on target again, this time scoring with a spectacular flying volley that ranks amongst the best goals of the tournament so far.

With four minutes remaining in the half, Qadsia extended their advantage further when Iran’s Taheri took aim from just outside the area, comfortably beating Ngo Dinh Thuan in the Thai Son Nam goal.

Qadsia were worthy leaders at the break, but barely a minute had passed in the second half when Thai Son Nam had reduced the deficit to a solitary goal as Trong Luan’s shot went past Ebraheem.

And with four minutes remaining in the game, Van Vu charged down the left flank before cutting the ball across goal for Yunusov to tap over the line and send the game into extra-time.

Ten minutes of added time could not separate the teams, however, and the outcome was decided from the penalty spot, with Ebraheem mobbed by his team mates after his heroics took Qadsia into the final.


NAFT AL WASAT 3-7 TASISAT DARYAEI

Isfahan: Tournament hosts Tasisat Daryaei booked their place in the final of the 2015 AFC Futsal Club Championship on Wednesday with a 7-3 win over Iraq’s NAFT Al Wasat at the Nagshe Jahan Stadium.
Majid Raeisi scored a hat-trick while Ghodrat Bahadori, Mohamad Keshavarz, Reza Sangsefidi and Vahid Shamsaee (pictured) also netted for the Iranian side, who will meet Qadsia from Kuwait in the final on Friday.

Tasisat, however, will go into the final without the services of goalkeeper Mostafa Nazari who was sent off by Australian referee Chris Colley in the 14th minute for handling the ball outside his area.

But the hosts will be confident of success against a Qadsia side they defeated 9-2 during the group stages of a competition in which they have now scored 28 times.

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Bahadori gave Tasisat the perfect start when he found the back of the net after just two minutes, although Mohammad Naser Safari levelled the scores just two minutes later when he struck on the break.

Tasisat put themselves back in front in the 12th minute when Vahid Shamsaee’s corner was directed over the goal line as Raeisi claimed his first and, two minutes later, the 34-year-old had his second of the night when he linked up with Shamsaee once again to score from close range.

Seconds later, though, goalkeeper Nazari saw red for claiming the ball with his hands outside the area and a minute later NAFT made their advantage count when Rafid Hameed poked the ball home.

By the 17th minute Tasisat restored the two-goal cushion when Keshavarz swept his classy left-foot strike into the top corner, allowing the Iranians to breath easy going into the half-time break.

The result was effectively put beyond doubt less than a minute into the second half as Sangsefidi charged down the left before smashing his left-foot shot home for his side’s fifth of the game.

Raeisi then completed his hat-trick with nine minutes to go when he scored from long range and, although Ali Abdulelah scored in the 36th minute for NAFT on a power play, Tasisat maintained control to stay on course to become the first Iranian winner of the title since 2012 with Shamsaee scoring in the dying seconds to put the icing on the cake.






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