The goalkeeper of the national team of Ukraine went all over the field and scored a goal in the quarterfinals of the Futsal World Cup. Video
The day before, the Ukrainian national futsal team reached the semifinals of the World Cup for the second time in its history. At the tournament in Uzbekistan, coach Oleksandr Kosenko's team defeated Venezuela 9-4, which had sensationally knocked the Spaniards out of the tournament in the previous round.
Goalkeeper Oleksandr Sukhov became one of the heroes of the quarterfinal match between the Blue and Yellows and the Latin Americans. The HIT Kyiv football player was remembered not only for his saves, some of which were decisive but also for the moment in the 27th minute when he scored a phenomenal goal.
The Ukrainian national team has reached the semifinals of the 2024 World Cup.
Source: Futsal Association of Ukraine
Players of the Ukrainian national team celebrate a goal.
Source: Futsal Association of Ukraine
After receiving a pass near his goal, Sukhov decided to move to the center of the field. At this time, our goalkeeper's partners were distracting the opponents' attention, and Oleksandr took advantage of it. He made a real slalom run to the Venezuelan "frame" and drove the ball under the crossbar with his toe, making the score 7-3.
Sukhov scores a goal against Venezuela
Source: Futsal Association of Ukraine
Now the Ukrainians will compete with the Brazilians, who are the current bronze medalists of the World Cup. "The Blue and Yellows have secured a match for the tournament medals. The other semifinal will feature the winners of France-Paraguay and Kazakhstan-Argentina.
Ukrainians defeat Venezuela
Source: Futsal Association of Ukraine
As reported by OBOZ.UA, in the 1/8 finals of the Futsal World Cup, Ukraine was stronger than the Netherlands – 3:1. On September 21, the Yellow and Blues defeated Afghanistan and reached the playoffs. The match of the third round of the group stage ended with a score of 4:1.
In the second round of the World Cup, the Ukrainians defeated the African representatives from Angola 7-2. At the start of the FIFA World Cup, our guys lost to Argentina.
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