Coach Diego Giustozzi: Vietnam Futsal still has a chance to participate in the World Cup

Thinh Phat opened the scoring for the Vietnamese futsal team in the 17th minute. In the 34th minute, Elbek Tulkinov equalized 1-1. After a series of “power plays” with the participation of the goalkeeper, Sunatulla Juraev sealed a 2-1 victory for the Uzbekistan futsal team.

With this result, the Vietnamese futsal team stops in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Asian Futsal Championship. They will meet Kyrgyzstan at 4:00 p.m. April 26 at the Bangkok Arena, Thailand to compete for tickets to the World Cup.

Speaking after the loss to Uzbekitan, Mr. Giustozzi was optimistic. Vietnam futsal coach said: “The opportunity to participate in the World Cup is not over as we have two more matches left. The important thing is to recover well physically and mentally for the players.

I want the whole team to understand that today everyone played very well against a strong opponent like Uzbekistan. They are a team that regularly attends the World Cup, participates in regional finals and has an unpleasant style of play.”

Mr. Giustozzi said: “If we continue to play well like with Uzbekistan, the Vietnamese futsal team can completely defeat the Kyrgyzstan futsal team. That is the only way to hope for a successful result.”

However, what the Argentine teacher learned after losing to Uzbekistan was the “power play” style of play.

“I prefer the 4-on-4 style of play rather than having an additional goalkeeper join the attack, that would be fair. However, I am not the one who makes the rules and no one prohibits the goalkeeper from attacking high up,” he said. know.

Coach Giustozzi analyzed: “When playing 4 on 4, we still controlled the game and created many opportunities. If the players had done better in the first half, there would have been a difference in the score. In the second half, The opponent attacked 5 people and the Vietnamese players still controlled the situation and completed the mission.”