World's top 7 team had an accident on the day of defeat against Vietnam futsal

Goalkeeper Higuita was given a yellow card by the referee as soon as he entered the field and was forced to leave the field to remove his elbow pads with the logo of a football betting company printed on them. Before the match, the organizing committee (including representatives of the Asian Football Confederation AFC) and the referee team reminded Higuita not to use elbow pads with images that were not in accordance with AFC regulations in an international match.

In this match, Higuita sat on the bench, only entering the field from the 15th minute. In the photo, the reserve goalkeeper of the Kazakhstan futsal team (left) wears elbow pads with the manufacturer's logo.

Leo Higuita, despite complaining for a few minutes, later accepted to take off his elbow pads and continue playing in the final minutes.

Leo Higuita was born in 1986, a Brazilian-born Kazakh, is the world's best futsal goalkeeper voted by Futsal Planet in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, and has won the European Championship twice for AFC Kairat (Kazakhstan) in the 2012/13 and 2014/15 seasons.

According to unofficial statistics, Higuita has a total of 27 goals for the Kazakhstan national team, including 4 goals at the Euro and World Cup. However, this strength of his was fully exploited by the Vietnam futsal team in this friendly match.

The Vietnamese futsal team won 4-1 with goals from Minh Quang, Doan Phat, Van Y and Cong Vien. The two teams will play again on April 15 at Thai Son Nam Stadium.

Source: https://znews.vn/doi-top-7-the-gioi-gap-su-co-trong-ngay-tham-bai-truoc-futsal-viet-nam-post1545618.html