Football 7-a-side to showcase high scoring encounters

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Russia has three players at the top end of the goal scorer’s list. Lasha Murvanadze has four, while Viacheslav Lorionov and Eduard Romanov have three each.

Ukraine, Russia, Iran and Brazil are already through to the next stage of competition but the match-ups are still to be decided in the final round of preliminary games.

Up first is Iran versus Russia in a repeat of the last two World Championship finals.

In their last contest in the Netherlands for the World Championships, Russia beat Iran 6-1 after going 5-0 ahead at halftime.

In this tournament, Russia has punished the defence of their last two opponents with emphatic 8-0 wins.

Russia has three players at the top end of the goal scorer’s list. Lasha Murvanadze has four, while Viacheslav Lorionov and Eduard Romanov have three each.

Iran also knocked eight goals past their previous opponents Argentina and has some fine finishers. Farzad Mehri and Rasoul Atashafrouz as well as the prolific Moslem Akbari will be the ones to look out for on the Iranian attack.

Ukraine faces Brazil in their first meeting since the bronze medal game at the World Championships, which Ukraine won 8-3.

Brazil will likely be without key player Wanderson Oliveira who sustained an injury in his side’s 8-0 win over USA. However, they do have an impressive goal scorer in Ronaldo Almeida Da Souza who can strike from range.

The Brazilian’s will be aware of the Paralympic top scorer Anatolli Shevchyk who has 6 goals after the first two matches.

Volodymyr Antoniuk and Oleksandr Devylsh also have a pair of goals to their name. This promises to be a high scoring encounter so make sure you don’t miss it.

Hosts Great Britain will try to end the preliminaries on a high after their 7-1 loss to Ukraine. They next face USA who they have already beaten this year at the Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. George Fletcher claimed a hat trick and Ibz Diallo scored two in a 7-0 victory.

Meanwhile Argentina will play the Netherlands with both sides looking to add to their one goal in the tournament.

Matias Fernandez Romano poked Argentina’s first over the line and Dennis Straatman grabbed a consolation for the Dutch in their 4-1 loss to Iran.

The two sides last met in the Netherlands with the Dutch collecting three points in a 4-2 triumph over the Argentines.

Romano and Brian Vivot will try to form a good partnership if they are to avenge that result from last year.