Brazil Crush Qantas Futsalroos In Preparation Open

The Qantas Futsalroos were given a stark reminder of what they can expect at the FIFA Futsal World Championships later this month, after crashing 12-1 to Brazil at the four-nation preparation tournament being held in Brazil.

The Qantas Futsalroos were given a stark reminder of what they can expect at the FIFA Futsal World Championships later this month, after crashing 12-1 to Brazil at the four-nation preparation tournament being held in Brazil.

After a solid first half performance, Brazil overwhelmed the Aussies in the second half to score nine goals to our one, which came from the youngest member of the squad Danny Ngalaufe.

Brazil, three-time World Champions and beaten finalist at the last World Championship, were made to work hard in the first half by the Australians, who showed a lot of intensity and spirit. Brazil opened the scoring inside the first minute, added another midway through the half and in a major psychological blow a third with just 6 seconds of the half remaining.

That seemed to play on the Aussies minds as they came out for the second half, as Brazil scored twice in quick succession soon after the break and the players heads dropped. The goals then flowed for the home team as Australia struggled to keep up the intensity against the well-drilled Brazilians.

Ngalaufe though gave Australian coach Scott Gilligan to smile about with a well-taken goal.

Australia play Argentina today, who lost to Thailand 3-2 in their opening game, in what was a upset.