Thái Sơn Nam thế lực Futsal châu Á

Having been 2-0 down 3-1 but Thai Son Nam (TSN) once again had a comeback against Uzbekistan AGMK 6-4 in the bronze battle.

The squad of Thai Son Nam Club.

Despite not changing the color of a silver medal to gold, the representative of Vietnam had a very proud tournament when it won all 3 convincing matches for the first time, losing only in the semifinals to the champion. Nagoya Oceans (continued to win defending champion Mes Sungun 2-0 in the final to become the most successful club with 4 times crowned in the history of 10 tournaments), and with a hat-trick in the final match against foreigner Shimizu top scorer with 10 goals.

In addition to the Japanese contract with Iranian player Alizera, it is praiseworthy that TSN has a very talented internal team and is not inferior if not more than the older players of the national futsal team before. . With 11-person football, participating in the World Cup is a dream too far for Vietnam, and at the club level, the AFC Champions League group stage has been exhausted. But with futsal, although "born late", Vietnam has been in the 1/8 round of the World Cup 2016 in Colombia, and Thai Son Nam Club in the past 5 years has been the Asian runner-up and 3 times 3rd place.

In the group stage this year, Thai Son Nam is in the same group B with two clubs that are too "familiar" are Naft Al Wasat (Iraq) and Al Rayyan SC (Qatar), besides the team of Uzbekistan AGMK for the first time. at the continental tournament. Experts said that, if playing in the right style, the representative of Vietnam will not have much difficulty to win the right to the quarter-finals.

Regardless of the expectations of the home fans, coach Pham Minh Giang's army showed the bravery of the current runner-up. In the first two matches against AGMK and Al Rayyan, although the opponents had the score first, the Thai Son Nam players were not dismayed, calmly re-deployed the game from there. There are impressive comebacks (respectively with 3-1 and 5-1).

Following the excitement, Thai Son Nam Club entered the final match of the group stage, which is also the competition that is considered to be the most difficult to meet the Iraqi team, Naft Al Wasat. Without showing interest in the opponent who has met in the continental tournament three times, Thai Son Nam players raise the active play squad from where.

Right at the 4th minute, the two national futsal players of Iran and Japan, Alireza and Shimizu combined well, ending with a shot from the Japanese player's goal. The defense of the Iraqi representative continued to waver in response to the rushing attacks of the current runner-up team.

The goal doubled as an inevitable consequence, in the 8th minute, it was Shimizu again with a technical drive from the middle, raising the score to 2-0. The gap once again widened when Duc Hoa finished the perfect cross from Alireza's cross in the 11th minute. Having had three goals so quickly, the Thai Son Nam players were somewhat off guard and let The opponent regained the game.

Consecutive minutes 12 and 13, respectively Waleed and Salim scored to shorten the score to 2-3 after just over 10 minutes of rolling. However, for the remainder of the first half, no additional goals were scored.

The second half was even more attractive when Duc Tung restored the advantage of leading two goals to the home team with a dangerous shot into the far corner in the 26th minute. However, the tenacious spirit of the Naft Al Wasat players once again, Muhed and Samlim scored twice in the 29th and 30th minutes to suddenly equalize the score to 4-4.

But the representative from the Middle East made a big mistake when he was too eager to win, engrossed in raising the squad to find the next goal. As a result, Thai Son Nam got the fifth goal in the counterattack 35 minutes after a daring breakthrough situation of Duc Hoa.

Having been cornered, Naft Al Wasat had to apply a power-play tactic, replacing the goalkeeper position with an attacking player. Their error coordination phase in the 37th minute created the goal for goalkeeper Ho Van Y to score, thereby setting a 6-4 victory for the Vietnamese representative.

Having won all nine points after three matches to win the group stage, coach and coach Pham Minh Giang advanced to the quarter-finals with the top position, where they will face the second-place team of Group A, Shenzhen Nanling Tielang (China). on August 14. Hopefully, with good performance and rising spirit, the representative of Vietnam will be able to recreate the achievement to the finals of the Asian Club futsal like last season, further beyond the European Championship. first record in the history of futsal Vietnam.