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The National Men's Futsal Team, which reached the quarter-finals by drawing with Iran at the 20th Deaflympics held in Erzurum, continues its claim to be the champion in the organization.
National teams representing Turkey in the matches held at Erzurum Technical University and Aziziye Sports Hall have competed in 3 matches so far within the scope of the Olympics.
The national team lost 6-0 to Italy in their first match, beat the Netherlands 7-3 in their second match, and drew 3-3 with world champion and Group A leader Iran in their third match. Turkey, which increased its score to 4 with 1 win, 1 defeat and 1 draw, finished the group in 3rd place, was among the best third places and advanced to the quarter-finals.
Turkey will face Japan tomorrow, which reached the quarter-finals after drawing 1-1 with Brazil.
Kerim Vural, President of the Turkish Deaf Sports Federation, said in her statement to the AA correspondent that the national team put up a very good fight. Pointing out the difficulty of the opponents, Vural said, "We can say that our Iran match was one of the best matches we have ever played. Iran is a team that beat Italy with 8 goals and is the previous world champion." said. Vural stated that their goal for the men's futsal team is the championship and said, "Our team really put up an extraordinary fight and we got out of our group. We have been saying from the beginning that our goal in these Olympics is the championship in futsal and we are continuing towards our goal. The most ambitious teams of the championship are ahead of us. If we continue our play in the Iran match, we will win the championship." We pray that we will receive it with God's permission." he said.