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Amarante: Tournament taking Asian futsal forward |
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Friday, 12 March 2010 06:57 |
 Esfahan: Nagoya Oceans coach Adil Amarante believes the AFC Futsal Club Championship will help the sport in Asia flourish after his side secured third place at the first edition of tournament following a thrilling 6-5 win on penalties over Port Authority of Thailand on Friday.
Esfahan: Nagoya Oceans coach Adil Amarante believes the AFC Futsal Club Championship will help the sport in Asia flourish after his side secured third place at the first edition of tournament following a thrilling 6-5 win on penalties over Port Authority of Thailand on Friday.
An end-to-end encounter at Pirouzi Stadium had ended 4-4 in normal time meaning extra time was needed for the first time at the competition.Thai keeper Prakit Dankhunthod then put his side ahead when he scored from his own area only for Kenichiro Kogure to level in the 47th minute for Nagoya.Port Authority again responded as Ukrit Taengtung stabbed home with 30 seconds remaining but Teppei Maruyama's strike soon after forced the game to penalties.Wutachai Tintawee failed to score his spot kick before Rafael Sakai did the same for the Japanese but Siriroj Panyateerawong struck the post for the Thais to hand the victory to Nagoya.
This match was great for futsal and both teams played well, said Amarante (pictured).
We want to play futsal the right way for the spectators and throughout this competition our team has played well.Apart from Foolad, who have many strong players here and all the other teams were very close.In Asian futsal playing in this kind of tournament is good for the development of football in this region.After comfortable wins in their first two games of the tournament against Uzbeks Stroitel Zarafshan and AUB Altyn Tash Bishkek of Kyrgyzstan, Nagoya then lost to Foolad Mahan Sepahan to finish second in Group A before suffering a 7-4 defeat to Al Sadd of Qatar in their semi-final on Thursday.The Japanese champions' hard-fought victory over Port Authority ensured they finished on a high but Amarante admitted his side were not always at their best throughout.Our performance in this tournament changed from game to game, sometimes we played well and sometimes we did not play well, he added. |
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