The Argentine Futsal Team fulfilled its first objective
.
This Tuesday, with a difficult victory in the Rio de la Plata classic against
Uruguay
by 2-0, he assured his presence in the
2024 FIFA World Cup
that will be held in September in Uzbekistan.
Now, he will go to defend the title in the Copa América that is being played this week in Paraguay, where he is already in the semifinals waiting for his rival.
The national team, led by
Matías Lucuix
, played a very tough game to obtain a ticket to the sport's highest tournament, in which it has participated in all the World Cups from 1989 to date.
Lucas Trípodi
and captain
Pablo Taborda
were the authors of the goals, but goalkeeper
Nicolás Sarmiento
also had a sublime save at the end of the match.
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The first half of the match was fought, both national teams had their chances to score goals but were met with good performances by the goalkeepers, Nico Sarmiento and Mathias Fernández.
In the second half the story was different, Argentina found its way and at the feet of the entered Tripodi (at 11 minutes) and Taborda (at 19 minutes) the third victory of the albiceleste team.
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The one who was euphoric after the victory was the president of the Argentine Football Association,
Claudio "Chiqui" Tapia
, who wrote the following message on social networks:
"Let's go Argentina!!! This victory takes us again to a FUTSAL World Championship ", with the hope of being World Champions again, without a doubt that following this National Team project, those objectives are much closer
. "
Let's go Argentina !!!
This victory takes us again to a FUTSAL World Championship, with the hope of being World Champions again, without a doubt that following this National Team project, those objectives are much closer 🇦🇷👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 https:// t.co/squgP7ugov
— Chiqui Tapia (@tapiachiqui) February 6, 2024
In the debut, those led by Lucuix beat Bolivia 4-1, later they beat Peru 4-0 and this Wednesday they will face Brazil, which also qualified on this day with a victory over the Incas (6-0), to determine their place in Group B.
Argentina achieved its third consecutive victory in the 2024 Copa América de Futsal and qualified for the 2024 World Cup in Uzbekistan (@Argentina in X)
The Argentine men's futsal team, along with Brazil, are the two Conmebol teams that have competed in all the World Cups.
Argentina became world champion in Colombia 2016 and was runner-up in the last one in Lithuania 2021, after losing 2-1 to Portugal in the final, as the best results obtained.