Argentina's futsal team, currently ranked in the world's top 4, is a much stronger opponent than their recent opponent, Paraguay. Therefore, the two friendly matches at the second training location in South America will be a highly appreciated professional lesson for Diego Giustozzi and his team in the journey towards the 2024 Asian Futsal Cup qualifiers in October.
Coach Giustozzi (left) takes a photo with Argentina coach Matias Lucuix
Argentina is currently the runner-up of the 2021 Futsal World Cup and was the champion of the 2016 Futsal World Cup. The 2016 season was also the first time they won the championship under the leadership of the current coach of the Vietnam futsal team, Mr. Giustozzi.
Entering the match, the home team quickly showed the difference in class with a goal to take the lead in the 3rd minute. Goalkeeper Matias Starna held the ball high, crossed the midfield line, then suddenly shot diagonally to defeat goalkeeper Van Y.
The confidence of the Argentine team when they pushed up helped the Vietnamese futsal team equalize the score 1-1 just 1 minute later. After a cross-field combination with Duc Hoa, Thai Huy took advantage of the opportunity to shoot into the top corner of the Argentine goal.
This was also the only goal the Vietnamese futsal team scored in this match.
Vietnam futsal team lost 4-1 to Argentina
In the remaining minutes of the match, the Argentine futsal team showed dominance and scored a goal to increase the score to 2-1 by Pablo Vidal before the first half ended.
After the break, the home team soon widened the gap to 3-1. From the situation where the Argentine players moved intelligently and pressed well to eliminate Tran Quang Toan and goalkeeper Van Y, creating an opportunity for Luciano Gauna to finish into the empty goal.
Before the match ended, Argentina had a counter-attack, Nicolas Rosa received the ball in his own half and finished, making the score 4-1 for the home team.
In Argentina, the Vietnamese futsal team will have another friendly match with the Argentine team at 6:00 a.m. on June 14. This is also the last match for coach Giustozzi and his team to conclude their South American training trip in Argentina and Paraguay.
According to QUOC AN (Nguoi Lao Dong)
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