Netherlands – Ukraine. Forecast and announcement for the match of the 1/8 finals of the Futsal World Cup

In Uzbekistan, where the Futsal World Cup is held, play-off games begin on Tuesday, September 24. In the match of the 1/8 finals, the national team of Ukraine will meet with the team of the Netherlands. The match will take place in Tashkent.

Netherlands The Dutch national team is taking part in the final stage of the world championships for the fifth time. And only in the first tournament in 1989, which, by the way, was held in her homeland, the Dutch futsal players became winners, taking 2nd place. And the last time the Netherlands played at the World Cup was in 2000, that is, for 24 years this team was not among the participants of the world forum.

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If we take this tournament, the wards of Miguel Anders at the first stage played in group A. They ended two meetings with a draw – with the home team of the Uzbekistan national team 3:3 and the team of Costa Rica 2:2. And in the decisive match for entry to the playoffs, they managed to beat the winner of the group, Paraguay, 5:2.

In three matches, Dutch players scored 10 goals, which is quite a serious indicator. The best scorer of the team is Ouaddu, who has 3 goals. Chretje and Chih scored 2 times each, Jeyar, Buzamba and Martinus scored one goal each.

Ukraine Our national team scored one more point in the group stage. She has two victories over Angola 7:2 and Afghanistan 4:1. And only the opening match with Argentina turned out to be a failure 1:7, and mainly due to the fact that from the 30th minute the Ukrainians started to act with the fifth field player and conceded the last four goals into empty nets.

It is good that after the first match Oleksandr Kosenko and his wards managed to work on mistakes. They came out of a difficult situation with honor and will now fight on.

The mentor himself noted after the game with the Afghan team that “… we were preparing and planning to enter the playoffs. And they did it. Let’s move on, thanks guys for the game. I think the audience liked the game. We have already felt the atmosphere of the World Cup, the players have already understood what it is, and I think there will be less psychological pressure. And I am especially grateful to the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the opportunity to represent Ukraine at such a tournament.”

Match statistics The national teams of these countries met for the only time at the World Cup in 1996. In the second round, they were drawn into Group F, where their match ended in a 4-4 draw. The Ukrainians then reached the semi-finals, and the Netherlands did not leave this group, losing to Brazil and Uruguay. But at the European championships, rivals played against each other more often. In the same year, in 1996, in the match for 5th place, Ukraine won in overtime 4:3. In 2005, in Group A, the Ukrainians again achieved success with a score of 4:1. But in 2022, the Netherlands won 3:2 at home in Amsterdam. And the teams also played together in Group A. In that match, Zvarych and Shoturma, who are still part of our national team, scored for the Ukrainians. As for the Dutch, Saaduni, Attairi and Buzamba stood out. The last two are present in the application for this tournament.

Forecast for the confrontation The match will be difficult for both teams. Much will be decided not only by skill, but also by character, fewer mistakes. Let’s bet on the victory of our national team and wish it to reach the quarterfinals.