The “blue-yellows” have matches against Angola and Afghanistan ahead.
The Ukraine Futsal Team Succumbs to Argentina in the first round match of the group stage of the 2024 Futsal World Cup. The match in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan, ended with a score of 7:1.
The “blue-yellows” took the lead in the 18th minute – the team captain Petr Shoturma scored.
However, even before the break, the Argentines not only recovered, but also took the lead. And in the second half, the “albiceleste” gave the Ukrainians a rout, scoring five unanswered goals.
Review of the Argentina – Ukraine match
At the 2024 Futsal World Cup, Oleksandr Kosenko's team is playing in Group C, where after a match with Argentina, they will play against Angola (September 18) and Afghanistan (September 21).
In another match of the opening round of this quartet, Afghanistan beat Angola with a score of 6:4.
The top two teams from each group will advance to the 1/8 finals, as well as four of the six teams that take third place in their quartets.
The Ukrainian national team is participating in the Futsal World Cup for the sixth time in its history. The best result of the “blue-yellows” is fourth place in the debut tournament for our team in 1996.
At the 2004 and 2008 World Cups, the Ukrainian team stopped in the 2nd group round (top 8), in 2012 it reached the quarter-finals, and in 2016 it was eliminated in the 1/8 finals.