Seyed Mirjalili is renowned for his ball-striking ability
\nHe assesses Iran\u2019s group-stage opponents at UAE 2024 Dubai
\nMirjalili\u2019s sights are set on winning the adidas Golden Glove<\/p>\n
For many goalkeepers, the rough and tumble of life in between the posts can work as a natural attraction to the position. Joe Hart, who won four Premier League Golden Gloves and travelled to two FIFA World Cups\u2122 with England, said he was told to go in the sticks because he likes to \u201croll around in the mud.\u201d For IR Iran\u2019s beach soccer No1 Seyed Mirjalili, though, life guarding nets started far differently.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had a great interest in keeping the ball in the air and having the techniques to work with the ball,\u201d he told FIFA. \u201cBut the excitement and showmanship of beach soccer attracted me to the beach.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeach soccer is a very difficult discipline that we have to practice on the sand, both in the heat and in the cold. If you don’t have love for this profession, you will never succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Between playing 11-a-side and discovering beach soccer, Mirjalili tried his hand at foot-volley. \u201cFoot-volley helped a lot to improve my ball work and improve my individual technique, and it had a big impact on my beach soccer development,\u201d he said. \u201cI played foot-volley for three years and was a member of the national team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mirjalili is now gearing up for his first FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup\u2122. Iran will meet Spain, Tahiti and Argentina in what has been labelled \u2018The group of death\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest sporting wish of every athlete is to participate in the World Cup,\u201d Mirjalili said. \u201cAll teams give 100 per cent in the World Cup. Spain are a very technical team.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don’t know much about Argentina, but they are physical. Tahiti have strong technical ability and fighting spirit.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are Iranians and we will go out on to the pitch with all our strength. Beach soccer is unpredictable, especially at World Cup level, but we all enter these competitions to improve on our position from 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n
That was the year in which Iran finished third at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, becoming the first Asian nation to reach the podium. At that tournament, Iranian Peyman Hosseini scooped the adidas Golden Glove. Mirjalili now dreams of following in the footsteps of Hosseini, who also netted the Goal of the Tournament with a superb top-corner volley against Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cIranian goalkeepers are different from all others teams\u2019 because of their highly individual technique,\u201d said Mirjalili. \u201cThe World Cup has a very high standard and it is different from all the other tournaments. But with the help of the other team players, I will try my best to be among the best scorers in the competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy biggest sporting and life dream is to win the Golden Glove. Through around 10 years of training and trying \u2013 even during difficult times for beach football \u2013 all my thoughts and desires have been on winning the World Cup Golden Glove.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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