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Argentina beat Russia to claim 2016 Futsal World Cup title

Sun Oct 2, 2016

Argentina have defeated Russia in a thrilling 9-goal final match of 2016 Futsal World Cup to win the country’s maiden title.

Eder Lima opened the scoring for the Russians with 5 minutes remaining in the 1st half, but Argentina responded quickly as Alamiro Vaporaki capped a great teamwork with a tap-in to make it 1-all.

Leandro Cuzzolino scored late in the first half to move Argentina in front, but Lima’s 9th goal of the tournament tied it at 2-all early into the second half.

Argentina’s Alan Brandi scored a quick-fire brace before Constantino Vaporaki made it 5-2 in the 39th minute, as the Russians were pushing for a goal.

Dmitri Lyskov pulled one back for Russia moments later, and Lima became the first ever player to score a hat-trick in a Futsal World Cup final to make it 5-4.

However, it was too late and the Russians failed to complete a comeback, as La Albiceleste were crowned world champions.




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Iran lands in 3rd place at 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup

Sun Oct 2, 2016

Iran capped-off their remarkable run at the tournament, with a penalty-shootout-win over Portugal, claiming 3rd place for their best finish in a Futsal World Cup.

The teams played a goalless first half on Saturday, but the match sprang into life in the 2nd half, with cardinal handing Portugal the lead in the 21st minute.

Cardinal completed his brace just moments later when he combined with captain Richardinho to make it 2-nil. However, the Iranians who had knocked-out 2-time defending champions Brazil in the round of 16, did not give up.

They halved their deficit through Afshin Kazemi in the 26th minute, before restoring parity with less than 5 minutes remaining, when Mahdi Javid converted a second penalty to send the contest into a penalty shoot-out.

Portugal’s Joao Matos hit the post with his sixth-round spot-kick before Javid converted his effort to help Iran win the shoot-out 4-3, and clinch 3rd place.


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com