Spain eliminated in the round of 16 of the Futsal World Cup which is taking place in Uzbekistan. A goal from Venezuela with just over a minute left in the match sent the two-time world champion out of the championship after losing. 1-2Fede Vidal’s students were favourites against a clearly inferior team like the Venezuelan team, which ended up causing a sensation and will face Ukraine in the quarter-finals after beating the Netherlands.
The surprise came after halfway through the first half, when Their goalkeeper, José Villalobos, scored 0-1 for Venezuela in the 13th minute of the match with a goal-to-goal shot. Jesús Herrero came out to look for grapes, but when trying to clear, he collided with Venezuelan center Kevin Briceño and the ball went over him and ended up going in. Once again, it was Spain’s turn to come back, as against New Zealand, who started to lose and ended up scoring.
At half-time, the score was still in favour of the South American team, but Spain reacted at the start of the second half. Raul Gomez equalized after a magnificent play by Cortés. He 7 He received the ball on the left and after several cuts he gave way to the Inter Movistar player who was a goal hunter inside the area.
The flank finished first before the goalkeeper came out, who stopped the first shot, but was attentive to the rebound and sent it inside. Raúl Gómez equalized the match and allowed the Spanish team, who had difficulty penetrating the rival goal, to breathe. With just under nine minutes left, Spain’s striker had the second in his boots.
Again, A superb play from Cortés on the left wing leaves Raúl Gómez alone, who ends up missing an empty goal. The new player from Cartagena starts thanks to the speed of his marker, reaches the end line and makes the fatal pass to the 6 who, on the same goal line, sends him into the clouds with the goalkeeper already overtaken. It was not the day of the double world champion.
While everything indicated that the match would go into extra time, unless Spain could remedy the situation, the superb goal from Venezuela just under a minute and a half from the end coming out of a corner. The Venezuelan team’s repeated play worked wonders. Milton Francia fired a long-range shot to Sanz, who volleyed it from outside the box, and Carreño deflected it just enough to send it into the back of the net.
The ball hits the inside post and goes out, but after reviewing the VAR the referees validate the goal. Fede Vidal has named Catela as his goalkeeper looking for an equalizer, but the Venezuelans closed well and repelled any shot from the Spanish team to avoid the tie. This defeat represents a historic setback.since Spain was one of the candidates to be at least among the top eight in the Futsal World Cup. We will see what consequences this defeat will have.
