Courtesy: Solomon Star News


Ragomo beats world record... to score the fastest futsal goal

Wednesday, 15 July 2009

By PHILIP LILOMO

SOLOMON Islands National Futsal team captain Elliot Ragomo has broken the world record by scoring the fastest goal in a futsal match.

He scored the fastest goal in three seconds in their first Confederation Futsal Championship match against New Caledonia last week in Fiji, which the Kurukuru won 8-3.

Ragomo beat the record set by a Portugal player who scored in the fifth second in last year’s Futsal World Cup in Brazil.

The Kurukuru captain, who led the national side to reclaim their crown as futsal kings in Oceania, had certainly inscribe his name into futsal history.

According to reports from Fiji, the goal caught futsal fans in Suva by storm and was the much talked about score.

It was the fastest in Oceania region and certainly would have broken the world fastest record scored in five second at the World Cup last year.

According to Ragomo the achievement was unexpected.

Describing the fastest goal to Star Sports yesterday, he said it was just brilliant although it came as a surprise.

“The New Caledonia defenders made a mistake which gave me room. Receiving the ball, I did not think of holding on or dribbling the keeping the ball.

“I forced myself and blasted it (ball) into the net after just three seconds,” he said.

The excited Ragomo who was still in a celebration mode after winning the OFC Championship said, to score the fastest goal in a futsal match was something he did not expect but at least it shows that Solomon Islands futsal is gaining new heights.

The new record adds to Ragomo’s personal achievements in the sport, including the second fastest goal scorer in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in Brazil last year.

He scored in the seventh second during Kurukuru’s first match against Cuba.

Ragomo unfortunately missed out on the award after a Portugal player scored in the fifth second in the same World Cup.

But it was in the recent OFC Futsal Championship, which ended in the Vodafone Arena in Suva that Ragomo raised his personal best and marked Solomon Islands supremacy in futsal in the region and may be in the world.

The Kurukuru won all silver wares including golden boot, best player of the tournament, best goalkeeper of the tournament and the fairest team awards.

In his final words of the OFC Futsal Championship, Ragomo said the World Cup last year has given them a lot of confidence, which eventually paid off.

“It was a good feeling walking into every game with confidence.

“Kurukuru went into last week’s championship with the boys aiming for the game against Vanuatu after they beat as last year.

“We scored eleven goals which was very satisfying,” he said.

Ragomo said the Kurukuru will remain focus for October’s invitation tournament in Libya and another shot at playing Japan whom they faced in last year’s World Cup.








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