Iran Women Futsal Player Shirbeigi Optimistic for Third Title in Asia
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Set to make their tournament debut, the Philippines arguably could not have asked for tougher opening opponents than Iran as both prepare to face off in their AFC Women's Futsal Asian Cup China 2025 Group B tie on Wednesday.
The reigning champions have won all of their 10 matches in the competition’s history and will be confident of adding a third crown. Having led them to glory in the inaugural 2015 edition, Foruzan Solymani returns to helm a side with plenty of experience, with five players set to appear in their third tournament.
One of them is Sara Shirbeigi, who is the competition’s all-time top-scorer with 14 goals, who is optimistic about recovering from an injury setback to play her part.
“I hope we can become champions of Asia for the third consecutive time,” she said. “All our goals and efforts will be focused on this. However, as you know, achieving this is challenging since teams like Japan and Thailand are strong competitors. Nonetheless, we are Iran.”
“Our team still has weaknesses that we worked on during the recent SAT Futsal Championship in Thailand and I hope that by addressing these issues, we can lift the championship trophy for the third time and make our nation proud," she added.
