World Cup roll of honour 2021: Portugal 2-1 Argentina (Kaunas) 2016: Argentina 5-4 Russia (Colombia) 2012: Brazil 3-2 aet Spain (Thailand) 2008: Brazil 2-2, 4-3 pens Spain (Brazil) 2004: Spain 2-1 Italy (Chinese Taipei) 2000: Spain 4-3 Brazil (Guatemala) 1996: Brazil 6-4 Spain (Spain) 1992: Brazil 4-1 United States (Hong Kong) 1989: Brazil 2-1 Netherlands (Netherlands)
Also won the U-20s a couple of times in the late 1980s and early 90s. I remember the 1989 u20s well actually as it was in Saudi and was living in the Middle East at the time. Neighbors were from Nigeria so watching both USA + Nigeria make the semis was great and have always had a lot of respect for Portuguese football since then...
Also In 1991 there was over 130,000 in the old stadio da Luz which it’s capacity was 120,000 there were fans standing in gangways and stair ways were full of people there was no room to move you could not see any concrete of the stadium, pure mental for a u20 World Cup final amazing atmosphere specially when they lifted the cup at the end.
One of the best moments missed in the videos that has been posted on line since the final was Ricardinho's tears at the moment of Portugal's anthem. That was a moment of love, passion, race, pride in being Portuguese. Pany's statements also hit home when he said "we are a brave nation" Congratulations Portugal, we are world champions.
This was Ricardinho's last world championship. Now he has won everything a player can win in futsal collectively and individually. 6x best in the world, world, European, 3 leagues of champions (Benfica/Inter), 5 Portuguese championships, 6 Spanish championships. 2 Japanese leagues and 1 French league. Futsal GOAT!!
in Portugal's 1st goal, there were already 4 Argentina field players!! the 2 minutes had already passed. Penalty appeal, there is a new rule in Futsal that says that when you fall, the first reaction is to put your hand on the ground and at that moment it was not intentional, this taken into the equation so no penalty as the ball direction was not even going towards the goal.
The 4th player is running back in on the exact moment portuguese shoots but arrives one second too late to cover lol. Very unfortunate.