by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor - Special thanks to Andri Vigfusson

Today is the day! The historical debut of the Icelandic national team will finally come true through the second preliminary round group B game in the Asvellir hall based in Hafnarfjördur. Iceland will face Latvia in such an important day for futsal in the country. In the past weeks the recently appointed head coach Willum Thór Thórsson worked hard in order to prepare the roster at its best: on saturday 9th he splitted the working group in two teams, as reported by the KSI futsal committee, playing a friendly game in order to evaluate all players.

The match itself was exciting and enjoyable. The Blue team got an early 3-0 lead after 8 minutes of play and seemed comfortable with their lead in half time, 5-2. The White team came more determined in the second half, settling the score to 5-5 before gaining a 5-6 lead with a kick from the second penalty mark with seven minutes left on the clock. The Blue team fought on and managed to tie the match up again, 6-6, with their own kick from the second penalty mark. After exciting final minutes, the Blue team got the lead again, yet by a kick from the second penalty mark, which secured their 7-6 win over the White team in Iceland's first ever national team match.

Goalscorers for Blue team:
Magnús Þorsteinsson 3 goals
Guðmundur Steinarsson 2 goals (both from second penalty mark)
Heimir Þór Ásgeirsson 1 goal
Tryggvi Guðmundsson 1 goal

Goalscorers for White team:
Bojan Ljubicic 3 goals (one from second penalty mark)
Sigurður Gunnar Sævarsson 1 goal
Aron Sigurðarson 1 goal
Own goal by Blue team


Team Blue

Goalkeepers
Albert Sævarsson (ÍBV)
Einar Hjörleifsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)

Field players
Brynjar Gauti Guðjónsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)
Eiður Aron Sigurbjörnsson (ÍBV)
Guðmundur Steinarsson (Keflavík)
Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson (Keflavík)
Heimir Þór Ásgeirsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)
Illugi Þór Gunnarsson (Fjölnir)
Magnús Þorsteinsson (Keflavík)
Tryggvi Guðmundsson (ÍBV)
Þorsteinn Már Ragnarsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)
Þórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson (ÍBV)


Team White

Goalkeepers
Eyþór Ingi Júlíusson (Keflavík)
Steinar Örn Gunnarsson (Fjölnir)

Field players
Aron Sigurðarson (Fjölnir)
Björn Bergmann Vilhjálmsson (Skordal)
Bojan Ljubicic (Keflavík)
Brynjar Kristmundsson (Víkingur Ólafsvík)
Guðmundur Karl Guðmundsson (Fjölnir)
Guðmundur Þórarinsson (ÍBV)
Kolbeinn Kristinsson (Fjölnir)
Magnús Þórir Matthíasson (Keflavík)
Ottó Marínó Ingason (Fjölnir)
Sigurður Gunnar Sævarsson (Keflavík)