Report by our collaborator from Chinese Taipei, Fatih Kale (Shi-Chih Futsal)

Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament

Taipei Select 4 : 0 Macau
Macau started the match with low confidence, but Taipei select was not able to capitalize.Taipei Select looked like they had hangover after they beat Chinese Taipei 2:0 the day before. Countless small errors cost both teams the scoring opportunities. After Taipei Select No.13 CHEN Chia-Ho opened the scoring in the 15th minute the match slowed down. In the second half it was more of the same , but Taipei Select tooked 3 scoring chances they created Macau could not finish in front of the goal. Final score 4 : 0.

Chinese Taipei 2 : 7 D.C.Asahikawa
After Asahikawa captain Saga Yuta scored (with his chest) an excellent goal in the opening minute, Asahikawa players knew they were already the champions! This reflected in their game and they were not as lively as the two previous matches. Chinese Taipei took full advantage by scoring a goal and the half time ended 3 : 1 for Asahikawa. In the 29th minute Chinese Taipei No.9 Tsen Tai-Lin fouled Asahikawa No.7 Sasaki Hirofumi. For a short time players from both teams started pulling and pushing untill the referee stoped them! This event woke the Asahikawa players and they scored 4 goals in 6 minutes. Chinese Taipei got one back thanks to rare mistake of the Asahikawa goalkeeper Aoki Ryohzoh, and the match finished 7 : 2.
The highlight of the match was the "11 fouls" commited by the Chinese Taipei in the second half. From 6 10mt penalties, Asahikawa only scored 1 and missed 5.
Chinese Taipei players will have learn Futsal-defending rather than 11-a-side defending , if they want to improve their game overall !


Final Standing
1. D.C. Asahikawa --------------3-3-0-0-26--4-9
2. Taipei Select ---------------3-2-0-1--8--8-6
3. Chinese Taipei --------------3-1-0-2--5--9-3
4. Macau -----------------------3-0-0-3--0-18-0

Taipei International Invitational Futsal Tournament Winner: D.C. Asahikawa
















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