The Ukrainian futsal team ended the tournament in Lithuania with a draw with the French team

16.04.2024 18:48

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Today, April 16, the Ukrainian national futsal team finished their performance at the international tournament in Lithuania with a match against the French.

Previously, the blue-yellow team defeated the home team at the competition in Lithuania (5:2) and conceded to Brazil (2:7). Now Oleksandr Kosenko's wards faced France, which won two victories.

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The blue-yellow team took the lead already in the 2nd minute — Abakshin completed a successful draw. In the future, our guys continued to create moments, but the French keeper was at the top. The real intensity near our goal appeared as early as the 10th minute. Then the teams exchanged moments. In the 15th minute, Melnyk completed the counterattack and doubled the advantage of the Ukrainian national team, but shortly before the break, the score was dampened by Bendali.

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The second half began with a moment unused by the French, and in the 23rd minute, after a corner kick, Mykytiuk scored the third goal of the blue-yellow team. Later, the Swede dispersed the counterattack and gave a shot to Korsun, who increased the advantage of our team. France immediately switched to the game with the fifth field and very quickly won two goals.

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In the future, the Ukrainians did not use several good opportunities, and in the 34th minute, the opponents managed to equalize the score. At the end of the match, both teams tried to win, but the result on the scoreboard did not change - 4:4. Therefore, the Ukrainian national team ends the tournament in Lithuania, having scored four points and occupied the third place.

International tournament of futsal teams

13.04.2024

Lithuania - Ukraine - 2: 5

Brazil - France - 2:3

15.04.2024

Ukraine - Brazil - 2:7

France - Lithuania - 5:0

16.04.2024

Ukraine - France - 4: 4 (2: 1)

Goals: Abakshin (2), Melnyk (15), Mykytyuk (23), Korsun (26) — Bendali (19), Zakei (27), Belhaj (28), Toure (34).

Ukraine: Savenko (Guivan, 21) — Melnyk, Zvarych, Abakshin, Semenchenko; Shoturma, Chernyavskyi, Fareniuk, Korsun, Mykytyuk, Lebyd, Shved, Pedyas.

Lithuania - Brazil - 0:8

Standings

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).