Courtesy: futsaloz.com.au

World's best Futsal player set to take on Football and Futsal Stars in Melbourne

- Brazilian futsal star Falcao to play elite futsal match at the State Hockey and Netball Centre in July
- Bayern Munich speedster Douglas Costa to play against Falcao in an event never seen before in Australia
- Three games to be played, including an all-womens match featuring Brazilian national futsal captain Vanessa Pereira

EVENT DETAILS
>> Event name - Futsal Oz Live
>> Event location - State Netball and Hockey Centre (SNHC)
>> Event date - July 2, 2016
>> Event time - 1st match starts at 5pm. Feature match starts at 7:30pm.
>> Matches:
FC Carlton vs FC Balwyn (mens);
Melbourne vs Sydney (womens) and
Pascoe Vale FC vs Fitzroy FC (mens)
>> Tickets on sale 12pm May 31.

Melbourne will host a one-off futsal spectacular when the world’s most decorated futsal player takes on a world-renowned football star at the State Netball and Hockey Centre on July 2.

Futsal Oz, the home of elite and social futsal in Victoria, is bringing together a dream group of futsal and football stars, competing against Victoria and Australia’s best futsal players.

The event, known as Futsal Oz Live, will see futsal god Falcao – the ‘Pele’ of world futsal – compete against Douglas Costa, a football star on the brink of international stardom.

Falcao is a professional futsal player, known for his skills, tricks and individual brilliance. He is a player in the Brazilian futsal team and has competed in all corners of the globe. This will be Falcao’s first visit to Australian shores.

Douglas Costa, another Brazilian player, has made his mark playing for German super club FC Bayern Munich in the ultra-competitive Bundesliga. Costa is a current member of the Brazilian national football (soccer) team and has played in Brazil’s two recent FIFA World Cup qualifying games.

Futsal Oz Live will feature three fast and furious matches of futsal, including the feature match that Falcao and Costa will play in, joined by a range of other special guests, including Rodrigo, the national captain of the Brazilian futsal team.

Falcao and Rodrigo will suit up for Fitzroy FC, while Costa will play for reigning Series Futsal Victoria champions Pascoe Vale FC.

The game will be a regular round of Series Futsal Victoria – regarded as the most competitive level of futsal in Victoria and Australia.

Futsal Oz Live will kick-off with a match between Series Futsal mens teams FC Balwyn and FC Carlton. That will be followed by a one-off representative game, featuring the best womens futsal players from Sydney and Melbourne and special guest Vanessa Pereria, the captain of the Brazilian womens futsal team.

The event will also feature live dancers, DJs and dynamic Melbourne band 'Vaudeville Smash' (the artists of the hit football-inspired song 'Zinedine Zidane').

FALCAO QUOTES

It's an honour to be invited to play in Australia against some great futsal and football players.

Futsal is my life. I travel the world to play and I'm really looking forward to being a part of this unique game in Melbourne.
We are building up our preparations for the Futsal World Cup in Columbia soon, so this is a great preparation for me. I like to test myself against different players, and I've seen some of the Series Futsal Victoria competition and it looks like a strong league.
I've never played with or against Douglas Costa before. He is becoming a massive star in Brazil and it will be a nice feeling to play against him.

And I'm really excited to come to Australia. I've never been there before and I hope to see some sights as well as play in the event.
It should be great to play in front of a big Australian crowd. I will do my best to entertain everyone.

FALCAO DETAILS
NAME: Alessandro Rosa Vieira
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
AGE: 38
CURRENT TEAMS: Magnum Futsal and Brazil national futsal team

DOUGLAS COSTA DETAILS
NAME: Douglas Costa de Souza
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
AGE: 25
CURRENT TEAMS: FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and Brazil national team

RODRIGO DETAILS
NAME: Rodrigo Hardy Araujo
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
AGE: 31
CURRENT TEAMS: Magnus Futsal and Brazil national futsal team

VANESSA DETAILS
NAME: Vanessa Pereira
NATIONALITY: Brazilian
AGE: 28
CURRENT TEAMS: Sinnai Calcio A 5 Femminile

FUTSAL OZ DETAILS
Futsal Oz is the home of elite, social and junior futsal in Victoria and Australia.

With its three world-class stadiums in Brunswick, Mount Evelyn and Thomastown, Futsal Oz provides a safe and competitive way for everyone to enjoy futsal (a style of indoor soccer).

This year, Futsal Oz celebrates its 10th year of being a futsal organizer and provider to thousands of players.

For more on Futsal Oz, visit our website futsaloz.com.au




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