Friday, December 7, 2007

Iran's Sepahan advances to quarterfinals at Club World Cup

: Emad Muhammad scored two ends in the first five proceedings Friday, leading Iran's Sepahan to a 3-1 win over New Zealand's Waitakere United in the gap lucifer of the FIFA Baseball Club World Cup.

Emad opened the scoring on a heading in the 3rd minute and doubled the Pb less than a minute later at Tokyo's National Stadium.

"We were the more than experienced team," said Sepahan manager Luka Bonacic. "We got two early ends and then the remainder of the lucifer was easy."

The Dec. 7-16 Baseball Club World Cup characteristics the champs of FIFA's continental baseball club competitions. Italian giant actinium Milan, South American title-holder Boca Juniors of Argentina, African title-holder Etoile Sahel of Tunisia, CONCACAF title-holder californium Pachuca of United Mexican States and Asiatic victors Urawa Reds are the other baseball clubs participating.

Abdul Wahab Abu Aluminum Hail gave Sepahan a 3-0 Pb with a long-range blast in the 47th minute. Today in Sports

Waitakere got one dorsum in the 74th minute when Darren Bazeley's curling free boot from the left side went in off a Sepahan defender.

The end energized the Kiwis who desperately tried to acquire back in the lucifer in the concluding 10 proceedings and had respective good scoring chances.

Oceania champs Waitakere, an recreational baseball club formed less than three old age ago, qualified for the tourney by whipping Fijian champs Barium in the O-League concluding in April.

Friday's consequence intends Sepahan progresses to the Dec. Ten quarterfinals to take on Japan's Urawa Reds in a replay of the concluding of the AFC Champions League in November, which Urawa won 3-1 on aggregate.

Since Japan's Reds are the current Asiatic champions, Sepahan, the runner-up in the AFC, are included in the tournament.

Brazil's Internacional beat out European human dynamo Barcelona 1-0 in last year's final.

AC Milano and Boca Juniors fall in the competition at the semifinal phase.

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