Preview: Matchday One - Group D

TURKMENISTAN v IRAN

Iran claimed the first AFC women’s futsal title in Malaysia three years ago, and Mozafar believes that achievement, coupled with the nation’s passion for the five-a-side game, means her charges has a duty to excel in Thailand.

“Achieving the title of champions in the first edition also brings a lot of expectation inside Iran and from the others outside, so this brings a big responsibility for us as coaching staff and also for the players,” she said.

“As you know, Iranians really love futsal, so we have a very big responsibility to satisfy the people by repeating the title.

“Once you achieve something for the first time, it becomes harder to repeat that achievement, but we are ready for that.”