Green Futsal kicked off their career in the AFC Futsal Cup with a priceless 2-1 win over Japan in the first round of the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2022 group stage at Sheikh Saad Al Stadium yesterday Wednesday. . -Abdullah Hall in Kuwait.
Kuwait will host the tournament from September 27 to October 8.
Our team got into Group D along with Japan, South Korea and Vietnam, where 16 teams compete in the continental championship, divided into 4 groups. Japan advanced with a goal from Cribaldi Vinicius in the third minute before Al-Akhdar countered with two goals from Nasser Al-Harty (11) and Mohsen Faqihi (15).
And the Japanese team imposed their control from the start to open the scoring in the third minute thanks to Cribaldi Vinicius, who received the ball in the center of the field and moved forward before shooting from the left into the net.
Al-Akhdar managed to regain his balance and gradually improve his game before equalizing in the 11th minute thanks to Nasser Al-Harty, who hit the ceiling after a Japanese defender’s counter-attack.
Our team then pulled out a second goal in the 15th minute when goalkeeper Hammoud Al Dahan sent a smart through pass to unattended Mohsen Faqihi and hit the net (15).
After this goal, Japan tried to put pressure on the gates of our team, but did not score.
The same situation continued with the beginning of the second half, our team excelled in the organization of defense and rotation of the ball when attacking in search of gaps. Our team almost killed the match with the third goal, but Abdullah Al-Maghrabi’s shot bounced off the crossbar (26).
The Japanese team resorted to a pressure attack method in the last 5 minutes in order to correct the result, but failed to get past the defensive fortification of the green.
On Friday, the second round of group competitions will take place, where Saudi Arabia will meet with Vietnam, and South Korea with Japan.
