Although stopped at the quarter-final round of the AFC Futsal Championship, Vietnam's performance was said to be its best ever.
Theirplaying was said to have been better than expected, as Vietnam showedremarkable progress and completed their target of reaching the topeight.
Former national player Truong Quoc Tuan noted, "Vietnamhad more attacks than in the past. Players worked hard and ran a lot.But the main difference was that they were confident in managing theball and breaking in to score."
Tuan, who is now coach of thenational women's futsal team, was surprised but happy to make note ofthe Vietnamese players' strong physiques, which were their weak point inthe past. They now will play with a busy schedule of four matches ineight days.
"It would be the best tournament for the team, although they still need time to work together," Tuan said.
Tran Anh Tu, head of VFF's Futsal Department, also confirmed that Vietnam's futsal had reached new height.
"Itwas not luck for us. It is our new level, under coach Bruno Formoso,who has only worked with us for about one month," said Tu, who is also amember of AFC's Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee.
"In thefuture, we have to work on a plan which include youth trainingprogrammes, for those who will be our next generation. Coming up will bemore leagues that will provide regular competition for players topractise and raise their skills, as well as learn from theirexperience," Tu said.
Their next tournament will be the ASEAN Futsal Championship in Malaysia in September.
Japanbeat Iran 3-0 during the penalty shootout in the final of the AsianFootball Confederation Futsal Championships, which wrapped up on May 10night.
Goalkeeper Sekiguchi Yushi became Japan's hero when he blocked three penalty shots.
Iran,which was the better of the two teams in terms of possessions andnumber of goal-scoring chances, performed poorly as the team failed tobeat keeper Sekiguchi on all three attempts.
Sekiguchi used hishands and legs to turn away shots from Iran's captain, Mohammad Taheri,as well as players Ghodrat Bahadori and Asghar Hassanzadeh.
Thematch came down to the penalty shootout after the two teams drew 1-1,with goals from Inaba Kotaro for Japan and Farhad Tavakoli for Iran inthe regular time, and was locked in a 2-2 draw in the extra time aftergoals from Hossein Tayebi and an a goal from Hadmid Amahdi. Sekiguchidid an excellent job throughout the match.
With this victory,Japan successfully defended the title they won two years ago in UnitedArab Emirates, and this third title has become more meaningful becausethis was the first time they defeated ten-time champions Iran, to whomthey lost in the last five finals.
Iran's Tayebi was given thetitle of the top scorer, with 15 goals, while the award for the mostvaluable player of the tournament went to another Iranian player, AsgharHassanzadeh. Japan received the fair play award.
Previously, inthe third place play-off, Rakhmatov Dilshod and Abdumavlyanov Farkhodeach scored one goal to help Uzbekistan overcome Kuwait 2-1. HamadAlawadhi scored the only goal for Kuwait.-VNA
Theirplaying was said to have been better than expected, as Vietnam showedremarkable progress and completed their target of reaching the topeight.
Former national player Truong Quoc Tuan noted, "Vietnamhad more attacks than in the past. Players worked hard and ran a lot.But the main difference was that they were confident in managing theball and breaking in to score."
Tuan, who is now coach of thenational women's futsal team, was surprised but happy to make note ofthe Vietnamese players' strong physiques, which were their weak point inthe past. They now will play with a busy schedule of four matches ineight days.
"It would be the best tournament for the team, although they still need time to work together," Tuan said.
Tran Anh Tu, head of VFF's Futsal Department, also confirmed that Vietnam's futsal had reached new height.
"Itwas not luck for us. It is our new level, under coach Bruno Formoso,who has only worked with us for about one month," said Tu, who is also amember of AFC's Futsal and Beach Soccer Committee.
"In thefuture, we have to work on a plan which include youth trainingprogrammes, for those who will be our next generation. Coming up will bemore leagues that will provide regular competition for players topractise and raise their skills, as well as learn from theirexperience," Tu said.
Their next tournament will be the ASEAN Futsal Championship in Malaysia in September.
Japanbeat Iran 3-0 during the penalty shootout in the final of the AsianFootball Confederation Futsal Championships, which wrapped up on May 10night.
Goalkeeper Sekiguchi Yushi became Japan's hero when he blocked three penalty shots.
Iran,which was the better of the two teams in terms of possessions andnumber of goal-scoring chances, performed poorly as the team failed tobeat keeper Sekiguchi on all three attempts.
Sekiguchi used hishands and legs to turn away shots from Iran's captain, Mohammad Taheri,as well as players Ghodrat Bahadori and Asghar Hassanzadeh.
Thematch came down to the penalty shootout after the two teams drew 1-1,with goals from Inaba Kotaro for Japan and Farhad Tavakoli for Iran inthe regular time, and was locked in a 2-2 draw in the extra time aftergoals from Hossein Tayebi and an a goal from Hadmid Amahdi. Sekiguchidid an excellent job throughout the match.
With this victory,Japan successfully defended the title they won two years ago in UnitedArab Emirates, and this third title has become more meaningful becausethis was the first time they defeated ten-time champions Iran, to whomthey lost in the last five finals.
Iran's Tayebi was given thetitle of the top scorer, with 15 goals, while the award for the mostvaluable player of the tournament went to another Iranian player, AsgharHassanzadeh. Japan received the fair play award.
Previously, inthe third place play-off, Rakhmatov Dilshod and Abdumavlyanov Farkhodeach scored one goal to help Uzbekistan overcome Kuwait 2-1. HamadAlawadhi scored the only goal for Kuwait.-VNA
