The Ukrainian national futsal team lost to the Brazilian team at the tournament in Lithuania

15.04.2024 18:46

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Today, April 15, the Ukrainian futsal team continued its performance at the international tournament in Lithuania with a match against the Brazilians.

The blue-yellow team started the competition with a victory over the hosts (5:2). Now Oleksandr Kosenko's wards faced the five-time futsal world champion, the Brazilian team.

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At the start of the match, Abakshin had a good moment, but he was unable to beat the goalkeeper, later Zvarych hit the post. However, in the 5th minute, the Brazilians opened the scoring - Araujo completed a cool combination. Shortly after two mistakes by Savenka, Pascual sent the ball into our goal twice.

Then the blue-and-yellow missed the fourth - da Silva scored after a corner. Our team responded with Korsun hitting the crossbar, as well as Semenchenko's missed chance. Instead, in the 12th minute after a corner, da Silva scored a double. At the end of the first half, the frame saved the Brazilians again, this time after a shot by Zhuk.

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At the beginning of the second half of the game, Abakshin reduced the deficit of the Ukrainian national team after a corner, but soon the Brazilians also distinguished themselves. In the 26th minute, Melnyk scored our team's second goal, but in the 31st minute, the representatives of South America scored everything. As a result, the blue-yellow team lost with a score of 2:7.

Oleksandr Kosenko's wards will play their final match at the tournament on April 16, against France.

International tournament of futsal teams

13.04.2024

Lithuania - Ukraine - 2: 5

Brazil - France - 2:3

15.04.2024

Ukraine — Brazil — 2:7 (0:5)

Goals: Abakshin (23), Melnyk (26) — Araujo (5, 31), Pascual (6, 7), da Silva (8, 12), Nogueira (25).

Ukraine: Savenko (Sukhov, 7) — Korsun, Shved, Mykytyuk, Shoturma; Semenchenko, Chernyavskyi, Zhuk, Abakshin, Melnyk, Lebid, Zvarych, Pedyash.

France - Lithuania - 5:0

Standings

16.04.2024

Ukraine — France (17:00)

Lithuania — Brazil (19:30)

The kick off is Kyiv time.

We will remind you that the Ukrainian futsal team is preparing for the final tournament of the World Cup, which will be held in Uzbekistan from September 14 to October 6. Our team issued a license in December of last year after the victory over Poland (5:3) in the elite round of qualification. Oleksandr Kosenko's wards took first place in their group and received a direct ticket to the World Cup. Together with Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, Spain and Portugal won tickets from Europe. Two more lucky winners will be determined on April 17, after the play-off matches between Netherlands and Finland, as well as Poland and Croatia. All participants of the final tournament will be known by April 28, after the completion of the regional qualifying competitions. The draw will take place in the summer in Tashkent, the specific date will be announced later. 

Futsal World Cup 2024

Final tournament. 14.09—06.10

24 participants

Host country — Uzbekistan.

Europe — 7 teams (Ukraine, Kazakhstan, France, Spain, Portugal, the two playoff winners will be determined on April 17).

South America — 4 teams (Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay).

Zone CONCACAF — 4 teams (will be determined on April 17).

Asia — 4 teams (owners will be determined on April 28).

Africa — 3 teams (owners will be determined on April 21).

Oceania — 1 team (New Zealand).