Team Melli Futsal loses to Croatia in friendly

Tasnim – DUBROVNIK, Iranian national futsal team was defeated against Croatia 4-2 in a warm up match Monday night.

In the match held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Ahmad Esmaeilpour (own goal), Horvat, Jelovcic and Marinovic scored for the host and Mohammad Shajari and Mehran Alighadr were on target for the Iranian team.

Iran will play another match with the Croatian futsal team Tuesday night.

Croatia is preparing for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2018 qualifying.

Some Iranian players are not accompanying the team due to visa problems.

Iran won a bronze medal in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in last year’s October after a 4-3 penalty shootout win over Portugal following a 2-2 draw.