{"id":74595,"date":"2022-10-08T10:43:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-08T10:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/?p=74595"},"modified":"2022-10-10T10:45:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T10:45:57","slug":"japan-afc-futsal-champions-for-fourth-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewsgazette.com\/japan-afc-futsal-champions-for-fourth-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan AFC Futsal Champions for fourth time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Japan are AFC Asian Futsal Cup champions following a 3-2 victory against Iran for this year&#8217;s tournament hosted by Kuwait at the Saad Al-Abdullah Hall on Saturday.<br \/>\nIran&#8217;s Saeid Ahmad Abbasi opened the score 15 minutes into the match, to be shortly leveled by Shimizu Kazuya a minute later.<br \/>\nA stunning free-kick by Oliveira put Japan in the lead early in the second half (27th minute) pressuring the Iranians to fight for the title.<br \/>\nValid pressure by the Iranians commenced until the closing minute, up to Hirata Massanori&#8217;s goal leading Japan with a two goal difference with 30 seconds till the final whistle.<br \/>\nWith seconds left, Alireza Javan Shahkhali managed to situate the score at 3-2, but just wasn&#8217;t enough to halt the Samurai team from obtaining their 4th AFC Asian Futsal Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Kuwait News Agency<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan are AFC Asian Futsal Cup champions following a 3-2 victory against Iran for this year&#8217;s tournament hosted by Kuwait at the Saad Al-Abdullah Hall on Saturday. 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