Uzbekistan 2024 is now just 5 days away
\nSeven editions, two champions. Brazil and Spain had monopolised the FIFA Futsal World Cup\u2122. The overwhelming feeling was that instalment eight would belong to one of the sport\u2019s twin superpowers.<\/p>\n
Argentina had never finished on the podium, but their target at Colombia 2016 was bigger. \u201cThe goal from the very start was the title,\u201d said Fernando Wilhelm. \u201cWe knew what a great team we had and we always believed we could triumph.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others began to start believing in Argentina after the last 16. Diego Giustozzi\u2019s side scraped past Ukraine thanks to a last-gasp strike by Leandro Cuzzolino in extra time, while IR Iran pulled off a seismic upset and KO\u2019d Brazil.<\/p>\n
One superpower down, one to go. And go Spain did in the quarter-finals, racing out of the blocks but falling 6-2 to defeat to Russia. Argentina took care of their own business, thrashing Egypt 5-0. They then upset Ricardinho and Portugal to secure a final showdown with Russia.<\/p>\n
Sergey Skorovich had phenomenal talent at his disposal in the shape of Ivan Chishkala, Romulo, Robinho and Eder Lima. So too did Giustozzi. Santiago Basile, Cristian Borruto, Alan Brandi, Leandro Cuzzolino, Maxi Rescia, Nico Sarmiento, Damian Stazzone, Pablo Taborda, the Vaporaki brothers and Wilhelm duly spurred Argentina to a thrilling 5-4 victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the best feeling ever,\u201d enthused Wilhelm. \u201cWords will never do this feeling justice. We\u2019re world champions!<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be the first team to break the barrier [of Brazil and Spain triumphing] makes it sweeter. And we did it against incredible opponents who had won all six games and scored 36 goals.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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