A bit late but thought it would be good to have a Futsal thread and since the World Cup is on in Colombia...
World Cup Team: Goalkeeper: (1) Bebé, (14) Cristiano and (12) Victor Hugo Defender: (2) André, (5) Fabio Cecilio, (8) Djo and (9) João Matos Wing: (3) Bruno Coelho, (4) Miguel Castro, (6) Pedro Cary and (11) Re Pivot: (13) Tiago Brito Forward: (7) Cardinal and (10) Ricardinho
Group Game 2 Panama 0 Portugal 9 (Ricardinho 0'12", 7'08", 10'55", 16'16" 2PG, 16'30" 2PG, 21'20", Cardinal 4'30", 9'21" and Miguel 17'46")
Group Game 3 Uzbekistan 1 (Ricardinho 10'49'' OG) Portugal 5 (Ricardinho 9'26", 13'51", 21'06", André 25'32'' and Djo 34'33'')
Group A 1. Portugal (7) Played 3 Won 2 Draw 1 Lost 0 2. Colombia (5) Played 3 Won 1 Draw 2 Lost 0 3. Panama (3) Played 3 Won 1 Draw o Lost 2 4. Uzbekistan (1) Played 3 Won 0 Draw 1 Lost 2
Round of 16 Russia 7 Vietnam 0 Colombia 0 Paraguay o (2-3 on Penalties) Brazil 4 Iran 4 (2-3 on Penalties ) Spain 5 Kazakhstan 2 Portugal 4 Costa Rica 0 Argentina 1 Ukraine 0 Thailand 8 Azerbaijan 13 (after extra time) Italy 3 Egypt 4 (after extra time)
Quarter Finals Saturday 24 September Paraguay vs Iran (21:30 PT) Russia vs Spain (00:00 PT) Sunday 25 September Argentina vs Egypt (21:30 PT) Azerbaijan vs Portugal (00:00 PT)
Quarter Finals Saturday 24 September Paraguay 3 Iran 4 (after extra time, 3-3 in normal time) Russia 6 Spain 2 So we will have a new FIFA Futsal World Champion as both Brazil and Spain are out, being the only two sides to ever win it, before. Russia become favourites and will play Iran on Tuesday (Wednesday 00:45 PT) in the first semi-final. Sunday's winners meet in the other semi on Wednesday (Thursday 00:45 PT).
QF Game 1 Paraguay 3 (Martinez 12'59'', Salas 19'33'', Villalba 38'40'') Iran 4 (Esmaeilpour 15'33'', 49'37'', Javid 22'29'', 35'35'')
QF Game 2 Russia 6 (Chishkala 2'20'', 14'52'', Lima 18'41'', 30'10'', Fernnadao 26'59'' OG, Gustavo 38'21'') Spain 2 (Rivillos 2'33'', Miguelin 5'42'')
Quarter Finals Saturday 24 September Argentina 5 (Taborda 11'23'', Stazzone 13'31'', Basile 27'28'', Cuzzolino 28'51'', Battistoni 33'41'') Egypt 0 Azerbaijan 2 (Bolinha 12'01'', Eduardo 34'27'') Portugal 3 (Djo 7'27'', Matos 17'48'', Ricardinho 27'42'') into the semi's vs Argentina.
QF Game 3 Argentina 5 (Taborda 11'23'', Stazzone 13'31'', Basile 27'28'', Cuzzolino 28'51'', Battistoni 33'41'') Egypt 0
QF Game 4 Azerbaijan 2 (Bolinha 12'01'', Eduardo 34'27'') Portugal 3 (Djo 7'27'', Matos 17'48'', Ricardinho 27'42'') Bebé the GK was man of the match for me, he was also very good against Costa Rica.
Semi-Finals Game 1 Iran 3 (Esmaeilpour 16'27'', Zadeh 29'12'', Javid 39'49'') Russia 4 (Lyskov 13'44'', Abramov 22'21'', Shayakhmetov 29'25'', Chishkala 39'18'') The Iranian keeper at the end took a shot he should have not but maybe Russia would of held out if he did not shot, what might of been. Russia in their first final vs Argentina/Portugal, Russia's best performance before this was fourth in Guatemala (2000) and another fourth in Brazil (2008).
Staying up tonight to watch (work will just have to suffer tomorrow) . 'Tonight' (Thursday 01:00 PT).
Argentina were fantastic defensively and everything basically went in when they hit the target. We couldn't beat their GK and hit the target. Frustrating game to watch for the Portuguese.