The celebration of the Argentine national team in Paraguay last February: it was the third title in Copa Améirca for the albiceleste. Photo: EFE / Natalia Aguilar.
The Argentine futsal team has a big challenge this week. After being world champion (2016) and runner-up (2021) and winning the Copa América 2022, he will host the first edition of the Final, the intercontinental tournament organized by Conmebol and UEFA which lands in Buenos Aires. Next Thursday we will face the Albiceleste Spain -third of the European Championship- for one of the semifinals, which will have on the other side Portugal -current world and european champion- e Paraguay.
matias lucuix, the Albiceleste coach, has defined everything since he confirmed the 14 futsalists mentioned, eleven of which will repeat the conquest of America for the third time in history last January, in Asunción. Among them there are Nicola Sarmiento -chosen as the best goalkeeper of the last two World Cups-, historic as Paolo Taborda, Maxi Rescia Y Cristian Titi Borrutoand also new values such as Angelo Claudio, Sebastiano Corso Y Gerardo Menzeguez.
But one of the most important returns is that of Giacomo Basiliowho played his last match with the national team in the World Cup final in Lithuania almost a year ago – a minimal defeat against Portugal -, and then for several reasons it could not have been in the Copa América that the Argentine national team raised in Paraguay , beating Brazil in the semifinals.
This Futsal Final is a historic event for this sport in Argentina, which is closely linked to the support that the AFA provides at all levels and which will bring the four best teams in the world to Parque Roca, in the south of the Federal Capital.
Last November, that same stage was packed with 15,000 people for a friendly against Chile – male and female -, which makes you dream of an imposing scenario for the first edition of this tournament which will give an official title to the winner next Sunday, when play the final. Thursday, Argentina will face Spain (19:45), third in the European Championship last February and arrived at this tournament due to the disqualification that weighs on Russia, second classified.
The semifinals will begin on Thursday at 16:30 (the second round will be for Argentina) and tickets are already on sale at very affordable prices through the portal SportTick or via the following link: https://www.deportick.com/event/futsalfinalissima2022
Source: Clarin
