The three goals of the Russian team were scored by Ivan Chishkala (double) and Robinho. The Vietnam futsal team scored 2 goals thanks to Nguyen Dac Huy and Pham Duc Hoa. The Russian team will meet the winner of the Argentina - Paraguay match in the quarter-finals, while the Vietnamese team has been officially eliminated.
"The Vietnam team plays disciplined and methodical in tactics. They defended and fought really. Their goalkeeper had a good match, he saved the team a lot. And of course, the Vietnamese players showed their speed qualities, they really confused the Russian players with accelerations and playing with no balls. We couldn't score many goals, and not everything went as we wanted," Skorovich said after the match.
The Russian futsal team beat the Vietnamese futsal team 7-0 in the round of 16 of the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Compared to 5 years ago, their squad is considered stronger. However, Skorovich's team had a victory with a minimal difference, in the context of being forced to play when the Vietnamese team played power-play at the end of the match.
"The match, as everyone saw, turned out to be very difficult for the Russian team. We could not break through in terms of score. After leading 2-0, we planned for certain changes, but things did not go as expected. We knew that the Vietnamese team counterattacked very quickly and had harmful long-range shots, which led to the first goal. This has further complicated the situation," the Russian coach shared.
According to Skorovich, in the match against Vietnam, he did not use all his strength. This came from the fact that the Vietnamese team scored a goal. He doesn't want to disrupt the squad much, as his number 1 priority is still the result.
