This is the first time in the history of football (football, beach soccer) that the Brazilian team has met Argentina in the final. Players of both teams consider this a historic match for world futsal, creating a dream ending for the FIFA futsal World Cup 2024.
Legend Falcao - the player who won the World Cup futsal twice - also considers this a classic match in the world. He assessed the strength of the two teams as similar, with a chance of winning being 50-50. The Brazilian team has excellent individuals, but Argentina is a stable and even team with the achievement of reaching the World Cup final for the third consecutive time.
On the rankings, Brazil is number 1 in the world, while Argentina is number 5. But this number does not mean much in a common match. At this year's FIFA Futsal World Cup, many underdog teams defeated higher-ranked opponents such as Venezuela (won Spain), Kazakhstan (won Portugal) ...
Head-to-head record in Brazil. The yellow-blue team has won 66, lost 8 and drawn 9 of the 83 times the two teams have met. Brazil dominated early on, winning all 28 of their first meetings. However, the last 10 encounters between these South American football superstars have been balanced, with Argentina winning 3 matches, Brazil winning 3 and 4 matches ending in a draw. In the 2021 World Cup semi-finals, Argentina beat Brazil 2-1.
To reach the final, Brazil defeated Cuba (10-0), Croatia (8-1), Thailand (9-1), Costa Rica (5-0), Morocco (3-1) and Ukraine (3-2). Meanwhile, Argentina have overcome Ukraine (7-1), Afghanistan (2-1), Angola (9-5), Croatia (2-0), Kazakhstan (6-1) and France (3-2).
Both teams have their strongest squads for the final. The players who scored the most goals for the Brazilian futsal team were Marcel (10 goals), Pito (5), Dyego 4, Marlon 4, Neguinho4. Meanwhile, the players who scored the most goals for the Argentina team included Kevin Arrieta (7 goals), Alan Brandi (7), Matias Rosa (4)...
Goalkeeper Guitta, who helped Brazil win the World Cup in Thailand in 2012, is trying to become the first player to lift the FIFA Futsal World Cup trophy in 12 years.
Cristian Borruto will play his 28th match at the FIFA Futsal World Cup. He will overcome Brazilian Fininho and Spaniard Kike and take fourth place in the league's top scorers list behind Javi Rodriguez (29), Manoel Tobias (31) and Falcao (34).
Brazil have lost just one of their last 41 FIFA Futsal World Cup games (excluding penalty shootouts). Since losing 3-4 to Spain in the 2000 final, the Seleçao have lifted the trophy in 2008 and 2012, were eliminated from the penalty spot in 2004 and 2016, and lost 1-2 to Argentina in the 2021 semi-finals.
Goalkeeper Nico Sarmiento (Argentina) is aiming for an incredible achievement by winning the Golden Glove award for the best goalkeeper at the World Cup for the third consecutive time.
