Oleksandr Kosenko's team will compete for the “bronze” of the World Cup.
The Ukrainian national futsal team suffered a defeat from the national team Brazil in the semi-finals of the 2024 Futsal World Cup. The match in Tashkent (Uzbekistan) ended with a score of 2:3.
At the start of the match, the opponents exchanged shots into the goal frame. In the middle of the first half, the Brazilians seemed to have opened the scoring, but the goal was cancelled after reviewing the video replay (VAR) due to the fact that the goalkeeper of the Ukrainian national team, Oleksandr Sukhov, managed to press the ball to the parquet, and only then the Brazilian knocked the ball out from under his hand and scored into an empty net. So the referee recorded a violation of the rules.
Towards the end of the first half, the captain of the Ukrainian national team Petro Shoturma fell awkwardly in a fight with an opponent and received a serious injury, which is why he was forced to leave the field on a stretcher.
In the 18th minute, the Ukrainians opened the scoring in the match against Brazil – Igor Chernyavsky moved from the left flank to the center and shot hard right into the near corner. Thus, the teams went into the break with a minimal advantage for the “blue-yellows”.
Immediately after the break, the Brazilians got even – in the 21st minute, Diego made a dash along the left flank and crossed, and Rostislav Semenchenko cut the ball into his own goal.
And already in the 22nd minute, Alexander Kosenko's charges conceded for the second time – Sukhov, after a mistake by the defender, parried Diego's shot from close range, but he managed to finish the ball into an empty net.
In the 29th minute, Ukraine equalized the score – our futsal players intercepted the ball and played an excellent combination, which Igor Korsun successfully completed while falling.
In the 33rd minute, the Ukrainians created another super moment – Yevhen Zhuk hit the near post from the right flank, and Mikhail Zvarich hit the other post on the rebound.
In the 36th minute, Brazil scored the third goal – for the sixth foul of Ukraine, the referee awarded a 10-meter penalty, which Diego converted. This goal ultimately turned out to be decisive.
Review of the match Ukraine – Brazil
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In the final of the 2024 Futsal World Cup, Brazil will play against the winner of the match Argentina – France, which is scheduled for October 3.
The final with the participation of the Brazilians will be held on October 6 in Tashkent. On the same day, Ukraine will play a match for the “bronze”.
For the second time in history and for the first time in 28 years, the Ukrainian national team played in the semi-finals of the Futsal World Cup. The first time this happened was at the debut tournament for our team in 1996, where it took fourth place.
For the sixth time in history, the Ukrainian national team is participating in the Futsal World Cup. 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.