Vietnam Futsal Team meets the world runner-up Russia in the round of 16
According to the competition calendar, Vietnam Futsal Team will face Group A winners Russian Football Union in the first of the Round of 16. This is also the team that defeated the Vietnam team in the round of 16 5 years ago in Colombia with the score of 7-0, then went to the final game
After the group stage, the Vietnam team got the ticket to join in the knock-out stage as one of the best 3rd place teams. The team’s opponent is the winner of group B, Russia.
This is the first match of the knock-out stage. The match ties at 5h30 p.m (GMT+3), which means 9h30 p.m in Vietnam on Sep 22.
Another ASEAN team in this round is Thailand who also got the ticket as one of the best 3rd place teams.
Thailand will square off against Group A winners Kazakhstan on Thursday after finishing third in Group C.
Until now, FIFA Futsal World Cup 2021 also found out 13 teams who keep going in this journey included: Kazakhstan, Venezuela (A); Russia, Uzbekistan (B); Porturguage, Morocco, Thailand (C); Brazil, Czech, Vietnam (D), Spain (E); Argentina, Iran (F). The other three teams would be Japan, Paraguay, and Serbia (F)