The Iranian women's futsal team suffered a crushing 6-0 defeat to Brazil at the Futsal World Championship in Guatemala City, yesterday, November 25.
The Brazilian team is reigning world champion.
The defeat means Iran will not progress to the quarter finals
The Iranian team also lost 3-0 to Portugal in their opening match of the competition the day before, November 24.
According to the team's coach, Foroozan Soleimani, the players were exhausted after a long journey from Iran. "Our team had traveled for 85 hours and arrived at the hotel at 2 in the morning and then played a match against Portugal at 5 pm the very same day. They were very tired and playing a fresh Portuguese team."
The team plays Costa Rica on Thursday.
Photo by: Imer Lucero, Immagine Professionale
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