Spain complied and beat Libya (8-0) to reach the round of 16 futsal world cup as the group leader. Those last two goals from Cortés and Gordillo were essential to determine the first place in Group D after Kazakhstan beat New Zealand 10-0. Fede Vidal’s pupils have one more goal in favour and the same on the counterattack as the Kazakhs, against whom they equalised on their debut, and can affirm the general average to seize the first place.
In the round of 16 of the Futsal World Cup A third awaits Spain B, E or F. The team started the match with the demands they asked for, putting a lot of intensity and locking Libya in their area not only when they had the ball, but also putting pressure when they lost it. All that was missing was the goal, which took a while to arrive again, but not as much as in the last matches.
Here, it was not enough to win, but it was also necessary to score a goal to take first place according to the overall average. The match followed the general trend of the last matches, with Spanish domination but without success. It was not until the ninth minute that Shreddedwith a right heel strike, inaugurated the dashboard and scared the ghosts away on what was the 19th shot of the game.
Once the bag was broken, all the goals fell like hot cakes. Less than a minute later, Adolfo made the second at will after a steal from Antonio thanks to enormous pressure from the defense. The game continued to be a monologue from the double futsal world champion. Fede Vidal’s men knew they couldn’t slow down and that they would have to score as many goals as possible.
The Libyan goalkeeper became the protagonist on several occasions, but the Spanish team did not lose confidence and continued to insist until they beat him again. Again, two more goals were scored in a short time. Courteous, with a low and distant shot, made the third and Melladoin an action very similar to that of the first goal, put the room. Catela also did not miss his appointment with the goal twice in the last minute, although the second was disallowed after the video review.
After the break, Libya took a step forward and even came dangerously close to the goal defended by Chemi, but the domination continued to belong to Spain. Of course, the lack of success reappeared in the match and it was Notched, at eight minuteswho reopened the box. The sixth was followed by the seventh, again from Cortés, who scored his second goal during a Futsal World Cup with Spain, just 50 seconds after the previous goal.
And finally The eighth has arrived, the work of Gordillo by deflecting a shot from Catela, close the account with the final 8-0. With the match over, Spain awaited the conclusion of the other group match between Kazakhstan and the Czech Republic to know their final position in the group stage. In the end, the semi-finalists of the last World Cup ended up winning 10-0 and Fede Vidal’s men qualified for the round of 16 as leaders of their group.
