Youth Olympic Games: Iran under-18 futsal team bows out of tournament
Tasnim – BUENOS AIRES, Iran was defeated against Russia 2-1 and knocked out of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics on Saturday.
Mehdi Alizadeh scored for the Iranian team and Danil Karpiuk and Illia Fedorov were on target for Russia.
Iran had started the campaign with a 9-2 win over Solomon Islands and lost to Brazil 4-0 in Group B.
The futsal competition at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and is taking place at Tecnópolis and the CeNARD, the first one located in Villa Martelli, and the second one in Buenos Aires.
There are two tournaments, one for boys and one for girls.