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Hamad Hayat fired two goals as the local supporters finally had something to cheer about after clinical Yarmouk eased through a 6-0 win over Vietnam’s Thai Son Nam in the the AFC Futsal Club Championship on Monday.
Kuwait national futsal team player Hayat scored a brace while his club and national team mate Abdulrahman Altawail had a hand in Yarmouk’s first goal and created two chances to dash the hopes of the debutants Thai Son Nam who are mathematically still not out but only a miracle could keep them in the tournament having conceding 14 goals in the first two matches without scoring one.
Yarmouk will face Iranian champions Sanaye Giti Pasand in Tuesday’s crucial match while Thai Son Nam will take on Qatar’s Al Rayyan at the Al Arabi Stadium.
An own goal by Nguyen Bao Quan broke the deadlock just a minute before the halftime and Hayat scored two in the 31st and 38th minutes after Altawail got Yarmouk’s second in the 29th minute. Hamad Alawadhi also added one for the local champions in the 33rd minute.
Altawail, who was by far Kuwait’s best player in the recently concluded AFC Futsal Championship where Kuwait finished fifth to book a berth in the FIFA Futsal World Cup, saw his shot deflected off Quan after he sprinted down the channel to finish from the tight angle which hit Quan before going inside Thai Son Nam’s net. He finally registered his name in the 27th minute through a powerful long-range shot before Hayat’s double.
“When we had chances we missed but when they had theirs, Yarmouk converted,” rued Thai Son Nam coach Sergio Gargelli. The Italian was philosophical about the problem of the Vietnamese futsal team’s incapability to play well when they travel out of the Asean region stressing that physical strength is a stumbling block to the progress of Vietnamese futsal.
“Anyway, we were up against a good home side who were also desperate to win and once we went down, obviously we needed to be more adventurous and they capitalised on it,” he said.
After taking a 2-0 lead, Yarmouk were in complete control of the match setting up a mouth-watering Tuesday’s clash against Iran’s Sanaye Giti Pasand.
“Our players were more composed today unlike how they approached the Al Rayyan match with nervousness yesterday,” 33-year old Brazilian coach of Yarmouk Eder De Souza told reporters.
“We must replicate today’s performance against Giti Pasand tomorrow. Sometimes it’s good to face a stronger team so my players are not afraid.
“I have the luxury of using either one of my foreign players but I will only decide who I am going to start against Giti Pasand before the match tomorrow,” he added.
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