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Futsal world cup, Miguel Rodrigo’s promise: ‘We’ll fight like Thai elephants’
MIGUEL RODRIGO is ready for his last dance with Thailand. The globe-trotting Spanish tactician reveals his futsal inspirations plus hopes and predictions for the World Cup in Uzbekistan
Futsal world cup: mercurial Merlim points to stars of the future
MERLIM WILL not be in Uzbekistan. But the inspirational Italy and Sporting CP legend, still plying his trade aged 38, reveals his thoughts on who will shine at the 10th futsal World Cup
Futsal world cup 2024: Pierre Jacky on France hitting its targets
FUTSAL IN France is on the rise. On the eve of the World Cup in Uzbekistan, former men's head coach Pierre Jacky reveals how a long-term approach helped the FFF hit its futsal targets
Futsal world cup, Jorge braz: ‘Fifa could have the two biggest sports on the planet’
PORTUGAL ARE the world champions. They are also unbeaten. since 2016 in tournament matches. Jorge Braz, the coaching mastermind, reveals his thoughts ahead of Uzbekistan 2024
Futsal in England: five hits and a glaring missed opportunity
IT’S BEEN a big year in English futsal. On the resurgent international scene and domestically. But there was also a huge missed opportunity in a year of significant victories for the sport
Strictly come defending and the high art of pressing
EVEN MANCHESTER United are at it now. “It’s intercepting,” explains Ian Parkes. The lead FA tutor on the futsal Uefa B course tells coaches at St George’s Park it’s “the first priority when defending”.
‘Where the magic happens’: why small is beautiful in futsal
“THIS IS where the magic happens,” declares Mike Skubala. “Individual techniques plus 2v2 and 3v3 game tactics,” he explains. It’s day one of the futsal Uefa B coaching course …
‘When Ricardinho has a goal, he achieves it’ – Jorge Braz
JORGE BRAZ hailed Ricardinho’s “huge sacrifice” to inspire the seleção to an historic first World Cup final in Lithuania and declares: “We are ready to face Argentina.”
Ronaldo & Ricardinho: Portugal’s incomparable goal kings
CRISTIANO RONALDO and futsal’s Ricardinho are both 36-year-old captains of Portugal’s national teams. But how do they match up? And should they simply be enjoyed instead of compared?
Why futsal? The sport that came in from the rain
HISTORY HAS a habit of repeating itself. Nearly a century ago, in the aftermath of the Wall Street crash, three things…
Football’s coming home …in Belgium
“EXCUSE ME mate, can we have our ball back…” That was the formal way. Alternatively, we’d just hop over the garden fence…
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Review for Futsal - The Story of An Indoor Football Revolution
“SUPERB - AS STYLISH AS ANY OF THE GREAT BRAZILIANS WHO GAVE US THIS SPORT”
- Daniel Taylor, The Athletic