Futsal EURO final: Portugal v Spain – all we need to know
Key stats
Portugal: in second vital final carrying mislaid 2010 decider 4-2 to Spain; their usually win in 26 attempts v neighbours came 3-2 in a Salamanca accessible on 27 Sep 2005 (Ricardinho was in Portugal’s team).
Spain: in ninth final in 11 attempts, aiming for eighth pretension including second in a row; also won dual FIFA Futsal World Cups and contested 5 finals.
Head to head
All matches
Spain 20 wins, 100 goals
Portugal 1 win, 41 goals
Draws 5
Competitive meetings (all in UEFA Futsal EURO final tournaments)
2016 quarter-finals (Belgrade): Portugal 2-6 Spain
2014 third-place play-off (Antwerp): Portugal 4-8 Spain
2010 final (Debrecen): Portugal 2-4 Spain
2010 organisation theatre (Debrecen): Portugal 1-6 Spain
2007 semi-finals (Porto): Spain 2-2 Portugal (aet, 4-3 pens)
2005 organisation theatre (Ostrava): Portugal 1-3 Spain
2003 organisation theatre (Caserta): Spain 3-3 Portugal
- 2010 final line-ups enclosed Ortiz (Spain), João Matos and Pedro Cary (Portugal). José Venancio López was in his second final as Spain manager (he has won all four: 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016)
Key players
Portugal
Ricardinho: 2018 finals tip scorer on 6 goals; all-time finals tip scorer on 21 goals; scored fantastic goals opposite Spain in 2016 and 2007 final tournaments; in initial vital final carrying played during 5 EUROs (was harmed in 2010) and 3 Futsal World Cups.
Bruno Coelho: altogether 2018 foe corner tip scorer on 9 goals, including 4 strikes in Ljubljana.
Spain
Pola: scored usually idea in victories over Azerbaijan and Ukraine as good as concealment opposite Kazakhstan.
Ortiz: targeting fourth pretension after 2010, 2012 and 2016 triumphs (record belongs to Kike and Luis Amado with five); notched opening idea in 2010 final v Portugal.
Team news
Sergio Lozano misses out for Spain with thigh injury; Portugal are during full strength.
Road to a final
Portugal
Qualifying categorical round: Latvia 2-1, Finland 5-1, Romania 4-0 (Group D winners)
Group stage: Romania 4-1, Ukraine 5-3 (Group C winners)
Quarter-final: Azerbaijan 8-1
Semi-final: Russia 3-2
Spain
Qualifying categorical round: Moldova 7-0, Serbia 6-0, Poland 1-1 (Group E winners)
Group stage: France 4-4, Azerbaijan 1-0 (Group D winners)
Quarter-final: Ukraine 1-0
Semi-final: Kazakhstan 5-5 (aet, 3-1pens)
Where to watch
Full sum of TV coverage/streams
How else can we follow a final?
UEFA.com will have live build-up, updates and greeting in a MatchCentre and highlights from 24:00CET after a final. Join a review with @UEFAFutsal on Twitter and Facebook regulating #FutsalEURO.
Beginners’ guide
What is futsal?
A five-a-side diversion played between squads of 14 with rolling substitutions, a matches durability 20 mins any approach with a interlude clock. With a tiny representation and high tempo, control, gait and skills are all-important, hence a likes of Hulk, Neymar and Alex Teixeira crediting futsal with their technical ability. Read a full beam to a rules.
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