Argentina beat Kazakhstan 6-1 and reached the semi-final of the Futsal World Cup

Argentina beat Kazakhstan 6-1 and reached the semi-final of the Futsal World Cup

September 30, 2024 – 21:14

Those led by Matías Lucuix reached this stage for the third consecutive time and will seek to repeat the title achieved in 2016.

The Argentine futsal team reaffirms its dominance in the sport – they were champions in 2016 and runners-up in 2021 – and advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup. Uzbekistan 2024 after a resounding 6-1 victory against Kazakhstan in the Smoke Arena of Tashkent. In the next instance of the tournament, France awaits, which will seek to get into the final of the competition for the first time in its history.

The Argentine team Matías Lucuixthe outstanding 38-year-old coach, reached this stage after beat Croatia 2-0 in the round of 16 with goals from Alan Brandi and Matías Rosa. The current world runners-up were looking to qualify for the semifinals by third consecutive edition and for the fourth time in its history.

The rival team, with the Brazilian Paulo Figueroa as coach, reached this stage after hitting the ground running and eliminating the defending champion, Portugal, by 2-1. The Europeans were looking to repeat the feat of the last edition where they took fourth place in Lithuania.

Argentina scored and entered the futsal World Cup semi-final for the third consecutive time

After a closed first half and in which the Argentine national team could not break the zero against the Kazakhs despite their control of the ball, the team Lucuix went ahead on the scoreboard with the goal of Matias Rosahis fifth score in the tournament, two minutes into the complement.

This goal allowed the match to be unstuck and from then on, the Argentine team became a steamroller and began to play better and better, while the tension on the part of the rivals grew.

With Kazakhstan launched into the attack, and on many occasions without the goalkeeper in his usual position, Argentina managed to increase the score calmly during the remaining time of the second half. They only received one goal, which was countered 20 seconds later with a score by Lucas Bolo Alemany, who kicked without much difficulty after a poor start by the rival goalkeeper.

With this result, the Argentine team qualified for the semifinal of the World Cup in Uzbekistan where they will face France next Thursday 3 from 12 in Argentina at the Humo Arena in Tashkent.

Source: Ambito

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