Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: Vietnam head coach Miguel Rodrigo says the experience his players have garnered over the year will be the deciding factor in their AFC Futsal Championship quarter-final match against Uzbekistan on Thursday.
Vietnam bounced back from an opening 2-1 loss to Malaysia, to secure back-to-back wins against Bahrain and hosts Chinese Taipei to finish top of Group A, while Uzbekistan, who looked unstoppable in their wins over Korea Republic (13-2) and Tajikistan (4-2), were beaten by Japan in the final matchday to be Group B runners-up.
The clash between the two teams is a repeat of the 2017 Asian Indoor Games quarter-final last September in Ashgabat, where Uzbekistan won 2-0, but Rodrigo claims that Vietnam have improved and along with the team’s experience in the Qualifiers, they are prepared.
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Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: After 24 matches in six days, the 16 teams have been trimmed down to eight. Tournament favourites and 11-time champions Islamic Republic of Iran lead the quarter-final line-up. the-AFC.com takes a look at the stats.
1 Japan are the only team from the East Zone to make the last eight. Vietnam, Thailand (ASEAN), Uzbekistan, Iran (South and Central) and Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon (West) complete the last eight cast.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: Japan will go into the AFC Futsal Championship 2018 quarter-finals as Group B winners after they maintained their 100 percent record following a 4-2 win over Group B runners-up Uzbekistan on Monday.
With both teams coming into the tie at the University of Taipei Gymnasium on the back of consecutive wins the action began in closely-fought fashion, before Uzbekistan opened the scoring within the third minute.
Farkhod Abdulmaylanov was found on the left by goalkeeper Rustam Umarov and the No 8 tricked his way past Rafael Henmi before curling the ball past Japan custodian Higor Pires into the far corner of the goal.
Koichi Saito went close to a swift reply with long range rocket that rattled Umarov’s left-hand upright and, with a little over 10 minutes of the first half remaining, Ryosuke Nishitani was inches away from sliding home Kaoru Morioka’s low cross, before Kazuya Shimizu also hit the woodwork with a flick from close range.
Japan, though, needed less than a minute of the restart to draw parity as Morioka slammed home his sixth goal of the tournament from the edge of the area after Dilshod Rakhmatov was penalised for a back-pass.
And another set-piece saw Japan take the lead three minutes later as Shota Hoshi turned in Shimizu’s ball into the box.
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021
Taipei: Vietnam beat Chinese Taipei 3-1 to clinch top spot in Group A and advance to the quarter-finals of the AFC Futsal Championship on Monday.
It was a remarkable achievement for Vietnam as they had lost 2-1 to Malaysia on Matchday One, before bouncing back to beat Bahrain 2-1.
Huang Po Chun gave the host nation the lead in the first half, but Vietnam replied in emphatic fashion with goals from Vu Duc Tung, Pham Duc Hoa and Nguyen Dac Huy to seal the win. Coupled with Bahrain’s 3-1 win over Malaysia, Chinese Taipei finished third and missed out on the knockout phase.
With their qualification hopes on the line, both sides entered the match looking for the win and played a high tempo, tight marking game.
The two were nearly identical in their approach to the game, but Vietnam just edged it in terms of possession.
After some scintillating action, Huang found the back of the net with a long range strike from a corner set play to give Chinese Taipei the lead just 40 seconds from the break.