Iran's national futsal team has been defeated by world champion Spain in a friendly match which was held in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Spain beat Iran 2-1 in Tehran's Handball Gym on Tuesday.
Fernando netted the opener in the 15th minute after Iran's Majid Raeesi made a mistake in the Iranian defensive line.
Romeo doubled the score for the Spaniards by a free kick in the early minutes of the second half.
Iran's Mohammad Hashemzadeh managed to score its only goal on a quick counterattack two minutes later.
Iran's former futsal captain, Mohammad-Reza Heidarian, formally bade farewell to international games at the end of the match.
The Iranian and Spanish futsal teams are preparing for the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil in October 2008.
Iran, coached by Hossein Shams, won the 10th Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship 2008 which was held in Bangkok, Thailand.
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TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA)--Iran national futsal team was beaten by Spain for a successive day in Tehran’s Handball Gym.
Iran had lost 2-1 to the world champion on Tuesday in the warm up game.
Vahid Shamsaei gave the hosts a lead but two goals from Spaniards were enough to win over the nine-time Asian champion.
Iran is in Group D along with Spain, Czech Republic, Uruguay and Libya in the 6th edition of the Futsal World Cup which takes place in Brazil from September 30th to October 18th
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