@insidethegames
Tachikawa Sogo Hospital in Tokyo
The sheets say: "Medical care has reached its limit - NO OLYMPICS!" "Give us a break - NO WAY OLYMPICS CAN HAPPEN!"
Arsene Wenger:
Futsal players must make decisions from 10 options once the ball is received. The mind works as a computer: it recalls the situation & gives the best solution. You grow so much by playing futsal because it often puts you in these situations.
This is futsal!
Through-ball to the pivot, who plays to the ala, who penetrates the side and squares the ball. The pivot dummies through to the 3rd attacker, who scores.
Machida's Morioka, Vinicius & Yokoe(?)
From
@bellyuihinaitu
Number of AFC teams to reach the World Cup 2nd round
'89: 0
'92: 1 🇮🇷
'96: 0
'00: 0
'04: 0
'08: 1 🇮🇷
'12: 3 🇮🇷🇯🇵🇹🇭
'16: 3 🇮🇷🇹🇭🇻🇳
'21: 5 🇮🇷🇯🇵🇹🇭🇻🇳🇺🇿
I think I'm seeing a trend here.
Cup of Nations livestream
According to this article, the Copa das Nações de Futsal will be streamed on the CBF Futsal YouTube channel:
Awkward timing here in Japan tomorrow morning:
Iran-Paraguay @ 6:15 am
Brazil-Japan @ 8:00 am
A photo of the spotless locker room of Japan at the World Cup went viral, but that turned to be the work of the team staff, not the players.
Here's proof that the futsal national team players know how to clean up after themselves!
(from the report by
@labola_sweet_12
)
Tobias, Eremenko, Javi Rodriguez, Schumacher...
Celebrating the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship!
39 of the 40 matches & info have been uploaded to YouTube⤵️
For starters how about the semis?
Enjoy!
11 of Brazil's 23 players at the World Cup have a fairly serious futsal past.
Alisson, Douglas Costa, Filipe Luís, Marcelo, Marquinhos, Miranda, Neymar, Pedro Geromel, Philippe Coutinho, Renato Augusto and Willian were card-carrying futsal players.
Kensuke Takahashi joins Japan national team staff
Having just left his position as director of Indonesia's national team program (men, women, U-20), he now joins Kenichiro Kogure as assistant coach of both the men & U-20 national teams.
Kensuke coached Urayasu in '17-18.
My condolences to Barcelona football fans, but here's Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies 6 years ago.
I guess that this was when he was with the Edmonton Strikers in Canada.
Video⤵️
Deja vu all all over again
Last 12 AFC Asian Cup top 3 is a group of 4:
Iran, Japan, Uzbekistan, Thailand
Tomorrow's semifinals:
🇯🇵x🇺🇿
🇮🇷x🇹🇭
2018🇮🇷🇯🇵🇺🇿
2016🇮🇷🇺🇿🇹🇭
2014🇯🇵🇮🇷🇺🇿
2012🇯🇵🇺🇿🇮🇷
2010🇮🇷🇺🇿🇯🇵
2008🇮🇷🇹🇭🇯🇵
2007🇯🇵🇮🇷🇺🇿
2006🇯🇵🇺🇿 🇮🇷
2005🇮🇷🇯🇵🇺🇿
2004🇮🇷🇯🇵🇹🇭
2003🇮🇷🇯🇵🇹🇭
2002🇮🇷🇯🇵🇹🇭
That split save
"I played futsal so many years in Argentina."
Reason
#5894
as to why it's good for football players - in all positions - to have a futsal background.
🗣 "I played futsal so many years in Argentina, so I'm comfortable with my feet"
Emiliano Martinez speaking about why Villa played it out from the back against Sheffield United
FIFA officially recognizes black & white goalkeeper protective wear
The language is a little bit difficult to understand at first, but I think that FIFA is saying that goalkeeper pads can be black or white as long as ONLY ONE COLOR is used.
I hope my interpretation is correct.
Congratulations to Miguel Rodrigo
@miguelrodrigocs
on his appointment as Director of Futsal at the Andalusia Football Federation (Real Federación Andaluza de Fútbol)
Trading in sushi, pad thai & pho for gazpacho & jamon will be a difficult transition, but we have faith in you!👍
📌Asimismo, en la misma sede de la RFAF en Granada tendrá lugar la presentación de Miguel Rodrigo como nuevo Director de Fútbol Sala de la
#RFAF
.
#Futsal
サロンフットボール国際試合・ジャパンセレクションxバネスパ(1982年)
Bad quality but historic video of Banespa's youth vs. a Japan selection team (1982)
セルジオ越後、ラモスなど日本リーグのスターがブラジル名門のバネスパのユースを容赦なく迎え撃つ死闘...
I'm being told on Facebook that there are bigger stars in Indonesian futsal.
The numbers support that.
Bambang Bayu Saptaji has 481k followers on Instagram
Ardiansyah Runtuboy has 268k
Indonesia is indeed a hot spot for futsal!
Futsal under the highway
The pitches on the left in Thailand; on the right, Japan.
I'm not that familiar with Thailand but here in Japan there is a lot of space under elevated expressways that is used for sports and play areas. Excellent use of limited land space.
Marquinhos' tearful tribute
The emotional embrace by
@marquinhoxavier
of Higor Pires, the Brazil-born Japan GK, has a backstory.
Though hospitalized with Guillain-Barre syndrome in '20, Higor miraculously recovered & led Japan to the round of 16.⤵️
Brazil 2-0 Japan full-match archive
Great for those of us unable to view the livestream because of our work.
It looks like the livestream was of very poor quality, but, from what I can tell, this archive is far more smooth.
The Japanese art of line masking
If you are involved in setting up futsal pitches in multipurpose sports gymnasiums in Japan, you become an expert at laying down masking tape quickly. All lines for other sports are covered. No exceptions.
Machida play Urayasu here in 2 hours.
Goalkeepers in revolt
Petition launched to protest FIFA's rule change about knee & arm protectors: "must be same color as main color of shirt sleeve (arm protectors) or shorts (knee protectors)"
The problem: not easy to maintain 3 different colors!
Garrincha off to Portugal
After 5 seasons in Japan (with Urayasu & Sumida), he is headed to Electrico.
Rumor: Garrincha will replace Ygor Mota at Electrico, which finished in 5th place in the regular season & is now in the playoffs against Leoes.
World Intercontinental Futsal Cup official channel on YouTube
Livestreams tomorrow (if not geoblocked)
Magnus (Brazil) vs Mes Sungun (Iran) at 1.30 p.m
Barcelona (Spain) vs Shenzhen Nanling Tielang (China) at 6 p.m.
Want to host the World Cup?
FIFA now asking member associations about possible interest in hosting the 2024 Futsal World Cup. They emphasize that MAs need not bid - just indicate whether they have interest.
Before and after
Bangkok Arena gets fitted with a parquet pitch for Continental Futsal Championship 2023.
The competition runs Aug. 7-13 and has host Thailand, Solomon Islands and Myanmar in Group A and the Czech Republic, Mozambique and Afghanistan in Group B.
Nagoya take '22-23 F.League title
The 15th such trophy for Japan's most successful club. 3-0 tonight, a third straight victory in the final playoff with Tachikawa.
Next up on the domestic calendar: All Japan Futsal Championship (11-19 Mar.) Tachikawa are the defending champion.
Glory for Japanese futsal at the AFC Club Championship final
Champion: Nagoya Oceans (a record 4th title - puts Japan even with Iran)
MVP: Tomoki Yoshikawa (Nagoya)
Top scorer: Kazuya Shimizu (Thai Son Nam)
Nagoya silenced Mes Sungun in the final 2-0 with goals by Hirata & Ando
Futsal-to-football coaching pipeline
Ryuji Suzuki follows in the footsteps of PC de Oliveira (Sao Paulo U-20 coach) & Shunsuke Tanimoto (Vissel Kobe academy coach). Owner of a U-20 AFC gold medal for futsal, Suzuki has been signed as an assistant coach by Kashima Antlers.
It was 20 years ago...
Shinnosuke Kamimura, one of the great magicians of Japanese futsal, dazzled at the 1999 All Japan Championship. He never made it to the F.League but is still active at the regional level.
1999 All Japan highlights⤵️⤵️
Tribute to a fallen friend
Shonan's Rodrigo
@SBFC_RODRIGO
opened up the scoring in last night's 4-2 win over Osaka.
The 5 fingers refer to Shigetaka Hisamitsu, a longtime Shonan fixo & former Japan international who succumbed to a long battle with lung cancer last Saturday.
Brazil's Foz do Iguacu will host the first U-20 Men's Futsal World Club Championship May 21-25
- Barcelona🇪🇸
- Boca Juniors & River Plate🇦🇷
- Cerro Porteño🇵🇾
- Peñarol🇺🇾
- S.C. Corinthians Paulista & Carlos Barbosa🇧🇷
Livestreams:
http://faceboock/copamundofutsal
Já em Foz do Iguaçu para a Copa Mundo do Futsal sub 20 Masculino. Maior competição nessa categoria a realizar. Feliz por essa iniciativa. Parabéns ao amigo Anderson e agradecer o convite. Vamos à luta.
France is the rising star of European futsal due to the efforts of the French Fooball Federation (FFF)
- Futsal is a priority of the FFF's Ambition 2020 plan
- 13 regional leagues with 324 teams entered; 60 districts (out of 90) have a championship
- Next targets: women & youth
AFC U-20 quarterfinal
Japan 2-0 Iraq
Hagiwara's right-footed blast finds the upper right corner and a shrewd throw by GK Tabuchi connects to Matsukawa, who has no trouble finishing during Iraq's power play.
Gutsy performance by Iraq.
Neymar:
"My fast thinking, reactions & improvisation come from futsal. I was pressured to move to the big pitch, but futsal has always been important to me.
Falcao is the best futsal player ever. I'd like to thank him for his huge impact on all of us."
Tiago, one of the many futsal legends on the Magnus roster, is overcome with joy as his team defeats Carlos Barbosa to win their 2nd consecutive World Intercontinental Futsal Cup title.
More on futsal at the 2022 Youth Olympic Games in Dakar
Futsal will be the only football discipline & the 2018 format will be repeated: male & female tournaments of 10 teams each, 10 players per team.
F.League will crown its 13th champion this weekend
Nagoya vs. Oita at 2:30 tomorrow & Sunday. The team that wins the most points takes the trophy - Nagoya if they are even.
The difference: Nagoya's Pepita, the most dangerous player in Asia at the moment.
Indonesia head coach Kensuke Takahashi puts on his boots and demonstrates to his players what he wants them to do at practice.
Takahashi is a former Japan international who played with Caja Segovia for a couple of seasons in Spain.
There will be a livestream for Argentina-Japan!
Hopefully the stream will be archived because the kickoff time is indeed 3:30 a.m. tonight in Japan.🇯🇵
Hat tip to
@dmartinchilo
BBC Sport:
"Take a look at this! Germany's fly-keeper with a goal that any striker would be proud of."
Dear BBC Sport, a "fly-keeper" is not a goalkeeper but rather a 5th attacker - and often a striker!
@MMFlint
Stop bragging about your YouTube numbers and AT THE VERY LEAST invite Josh Fox to your podcast to debate points made in the film.
The longer you dodge criticism, the lower your credibility plunges.
Japanese goalkeeper to train with Brazil champion Cascavel for 5 months
Taiki Iwanaga impressed in his first year at Oita and was instrumental in the rise of Toruela (later to become Shinagawa City) in their div. 2 domination & Cinderella cup title.
Dreams come true
Playing their last game with this club name, Tachikawa-Fuchu survive an 80-minute Nagoya onslaught to win their first ever All Japan title.
An own-goal by Nagoya's Arthur de Oliveira was the only goal in Tachikawa-Fuchu's 1-0 victory.
Video:
@MSF00_Kaeru
1997 All Japan Futsal Championship full match
More brilliance from Shinnosuke Kamimura, who would stay in the sport only at the regional level.
第2回全日本フットサル選手権大会・決勝戦
府中水元クラブ x 三菱化学黒崎フットボールクラブ
Full match⤵️⤵️
F.League final playoff game
#1
Nagoya 2-2 Oita
Early goal by Pepita cancelled out by Nibuya goal on an Oita counter. Yoshikawa got 2nd but Oita's Yoshida cancelled that out.
Nagoya need only a win or draw tomorrow to take the '19-20 F.League title.
Video:
@Kosusoccer10
First Japanese player to play in Copa de España final?
Assuming he plays in Inter's final today against Jaen, Kaito Yamada
@kaito_0330_
stands to be the first Japanese player to play in the final of Spain's storied cup competition.
Could also be the first to bring home a medal.
Kaoru Morioka moves to Spain's top flight as a winter signing.
The destination: O Parrulo Ferrol in NT coach Bruno Garcia's hometown of Ferrol
The 40-year-old pivot has had injury problems lately & not playing at 100%.
O Parrulo currently in 10th place.
Finland FA rolls out a "futsal for everyone" manifesto
Finland's historical debut at Euro '22 is the starting point of a grand strategy for a "2030 Vision."
- Successful national team
- Popular pastime & audience sport
- The mission: futsal for everyone
Indonesia receive hero's welcome
Timnas Indonesia arrive to passionate chants from fans assembled at the airport to greet the team.
Futsal has become a national passion in the country with the fourth largest population in the world. Look for them to soon reach the World Cup.
A crucial part of futsal history
We all know of Ceriani and the Uruguay roots of futsal, but less talked about is how the sport grew in Brazil.
Read this profile of Newton Zarani (91), founder of the Carioca Federation (the oldest in the world)
Flying goalkeeper
Machida defeat Nagoya 3-2 victory today and are now in 1st place by 4pt. 3 Machida 2nd-half goals proved decisive.
And yet Nagoya GK Ryuma Shinoda pulled off the play of the day here.
Both teams will progress to the top-6 round-robin in December.
📺
@abema_f
@RnaudBertrand
The majority of the people of Okinawa have voted against the construction of the new base multiple times. The central government continues to defy their wishes.
AFC U-20 final
Japan 3-1 Afghanistan
Masterful performance by Japan's U-20s in front of a very partisan audience in Tabriz.
Afghanistan had more possession but Japan was in control, with key goals on a counter (Takahashi), a corner kick (Osawa) & power play counter (Tabuchi).
Solomon Islands appoint
@Damon_Shaw
as new Kurukuru head coach
The globetrotting Englishman hopes to successfully return the SI to the World Cup once again and expand the development pyramid in the island nation.
The life of a top futsal player in Japan
Professional contracts here often involve work outside of F.League games, such as the training of younger players.
@SBFC_RODRIGO
of Shonan is a master teacher in the children's classes.
Rodrigo trades a Big Wave for a Blue Wave
The Shonan ala's move to Chonburi in Thailand is announced on the club's Facebook account.
After stints at Fuchu & Kobe,
@SBFC_RODRIGO
found his greatest success at Shonan, becoming top scorer & winning league MVP in the '21-22 season.
Futsal has really taken off in Myanmar in recent years - and next year Myanmar will have a major facility to host the sport.
Myanmar Football Federation Futsal Indoor Stadium will be completed by mid-2020, with a capacity of 3500.
F.League playoff final game
#2
Nagoya 7-1 Oita
Nagoya Oceans win their 12th F.League championship. They also won the pre-season Ocean Cup.
The All Japan Nationals are coming up in March, so it could be a treble.
Video:
@Kosusoccer10
Futsal - Japanese style!
In Japan, you don't wear outdoor shoes in a gym. Coaches too.
And after practice, you mop the floor. It doesn't matter if you're a world champion like Alberto Riquer. You mop the floor...
No way to hold back the tears...
Reo Yokoe (
#9
) & Yuta Moriya (
#3
) have both been key players in the F.League for all 13 years - as well as Japan internationals.
Both Machida players, they played their last F.League game yesterday, Yokoe's 333rd and Moriya's 329th.
Masterpiece from the overlooked master
Vinicius Crepaldi
@ViNi_Crepaldi
, the F.League's all-time top scorer, hits a long panenka in Machida's 6-0 victory over Nagano.
The Brazilian born "universale" was available to Bruno Garcia, but left out of the World Cup 16. Oh well...
The only player to win an F.League title with two different teams?
Just after getting Japanese citizenship,
@arthurfutsal05
is the first player to achieve this, I think?
Is there anybody else?
Shimizu must have been studying his Ricardinho videos
The Sumida pivot has been impressing from set pieces since coming back to Japan, but in tonight's 7-2 victory over Hokkaido he was able to show a little razzle-dazzle as well.
Video:
@bellyuihinaitu
Ranking update
Portugal rise to
#4
, Brazil supplant Spain at the top & Argentina remain at
#3
.
Big gains:
#14
Morocco (+7),
#21
Venezuela (+4),
#39
Vietnam (+5)
Big losses:
#32
Egypt (-8),
#17
Serbia (-3),
#51
Solomon Islands (-4)
Lithuania +5 to
#82
Uzbekistan-Japan game
#1
photo album
Uzbekistan team shot shows that 5 players who played in the AFC qualifiers were out, including key figures such as Nishonov, Choriev & Rakhmatov.
Click on "PHOTO" here:
Amazingly, at the age of 46, Marcelo has signed on for another year at Toulouse Metropole🇫🇷
The 2004 world champion with Spain had 12 goals to his name with Toulouse, who were in 5th place when the D1 was suspended this season.
And he's still a pivot!
Futsal pitches open up in the USA in the age of Black Lives Matter
Black Players for Change
@BPCMLS
, an organization dedicated to inclusion in sport, opened the first of 12 futsal courts.
The first is in Indianapolis, Indiana, with 11 more courts slated to open nationwide.
The Oscar Charleston Park mini-pitch is also an art installation celebrating Black excellence. Ashley Nora, Israel Solomon, Rebecca Robinson and Matthew Cooper did murals depicting Ray Gaddis, Charleston, Madam C.J. Walker and Briana Scurry.
Ribbon-cutting at 10 a.m. today. 🎀✂️
Futsal to stay in the Youth Olympics
According to Olympics news site
@insidethegames
, the IOC has decided to keep futsal in the YOG program:
"youth-orientated events such as hockey 5s, futsal and 3x3 basketball keep their places"
See you at Dakar 2022!
Kitakyushu 3-0 Shonan at the half
Hugo Sanchez, who debuted with Lugo 14 years ago when Bruno Garcia was at the helm, scores a hat trick.
Sanchez is the only Spaniard playing in Japan's top flight. He knows Kitakyushu manager Baba from their time together at Santiago Futsal.
AFC U-20 Futsal Championship day
#1
livestreams (Japan time)
16:30 Chinese Taipei-Iraq
19:00 Tajikistan-Japan
21:30 Kyrgyzstan-Thailand
24:00 Hong Kong-Iran
Pray for no geoblocking!
Japan national team supporters' group Poeira reporting that the JFA has announced that the games against Argentina have both sold out. At the Ota City General Gymnasium, that would mean over 4,000 spectators. Kick off is in about 10 hours!