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International Competitions - September 18, 2021 23:00Rakhmatov snatches ticket as RFU, Kazakhstan finish topMatchday 7 reviewPhoto and report courtesy: FIFA.com


18 Sept 2021

- Anaskhon Rakhmatov sent Uzbekistan through dramatically
- RFU and Kazakhstan progressed as group winners
- Costa Rica rallied to win and give themselves hope of the knockout phase


Results

Saturday, 18 September
Group A
Venezuela 1-1 Kazakhstan, Vilnius
Costa Rica 6-2 Lithuania, Kaunas

Group B
Guatemala 1-4 RFU, Kaunas
Egypt 1-2 Uzbekistan, Vilnius


Moments

The ticket-taking golazo
Uzbekistan began the day bottom of their pool. They finished it having dramatically swum into the Round of 16. Anaskhon Rakhmatov was their unlikely superhero. The goal that seized the all-important 2-1 victory over Egypt – a thunderous volley and Goal of the Tournament contender – was even more unlikelier.


The veteran roar
If Guatemala go through on goal difference, they will be indebted to William Ramirez for keeping RFU’s goal count down. The 41-year-old, at his fourth Futsal World Cup, celebrated every save wildly and infectiously screamed ‘Vamos Guate’ throughout.


The world’s greatest
Leo Higuita has been named Best Goalkeeper in the World in five of the last six years. Everyone in Vilnius Arena saw why tonight. The 35-year-old produced a series of breathtaking saves to earn Kazakhstan a point that sent them through as group winners.


Double-triple
Costa Rica, who needed no less than victory to have any chance of reaching the Round of 16, were losing to Lithuania. They didn’t just get the win, but did so emphatically to leap above fellow third-placed finishers Guatemala on goal difference. Central to the turnaround were wingers Milinton Tijerino and Daniel Gomez, who scored two and three apiece to leave Los Ticos in with a decent chance of scraping through.


Quote
“It’s a wonderful goal, but most of all, it’s an important goal. I thought of my parents, my friends, my compatriots, all of our fans. But the strange thing is that I knew it would happen. Everybody told me before the game: today you’ll score the goal that will qualify us. And thank God that’s what happened.”
Anaskhon Rakhmatov


Up next


Group D
Brazil-Panama, 16:00, Klaipeda
Czech Republic-Vietnam, 16:00, Kaunas

Group C
Solomon Islands-Thailand, 18:00, Kaunas
Portugal-Morocco, 18:00, Klaipeda


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