Sports Desk: Tenth FIFA Futsal World Cup is being held in Uzbekistan. Argentina also participated in this tournament of 24 teams. In the first match of the group stage, Albiceleste had to win by a big margin of 7-1, but in the second match, Albiceleste had to gain a lot of speed. Argentina won the match against Afghanistan 2-1.
Argentina will face Afghanistan on Wednesday (September 18) at the Homo Arena in Tashkent at 9 pm Bangladesh time. Matias Rosa scored two goals for Albiceleste. However, the goal conceded by Argentina was a suicide goal. Goalkeeper Nicolas Sarmiento saved the goal himself.
Earlier, despite falling behind in their first match in the group stage, Argentina defeated Ukraine 7-1. Argentina's last match in the group stage will be on September 21. Their opponent in that match is Angola. Argentina has already confirmed the second round with two consecutive wins.
So far all four teams in the group have played two matches each. Where Argentina is at the top of the table with 6 points from 2 wins. Afghanistan is second with 3 points from one win and one loss. Ukraine is in third place with one win and one loss against Angola. Angola is fourth and last without a win in two matches.
In this tournament of 24 teams, the champion and runner-up team of each group will get a place in the last sixteen. The second round will start from September 26.
