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The National Futsal Team qualified for the quarter-finals of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, by beating Iran (4-3) in the round of 16 match played this afternoon at the Universal Sports Complex in Bukhara.
The Iranians opened the scoring through Mohammadhossein Derakhshani in the 4th minute of the game. Morocco was quick to put the record straight through Khalid Bouzid (7th).
An own goal by Alireza Rafieipour gave the National Five the lead in the 11th minute. Soufiane El Mesrar (17th) and Idriss Raiss El Fenni (20th) tripled and quadrupled the score.
At the start of the second half, Hossein Taybi (21st) and Moslem Oladghobad (22nd) reduced the gap to one goal for Iran, maintained by the Atlas Lions until the end of the match.
Morocco will play for its place in the last four for the first time in its history, next Sunday in Bukhara, against Brazil, victorious over Costa Rica (5-0).
