Silver medalists of the World Mini-football Championship were honored in the Karaganda region

The players of the national mini-football team, consisting mainly of Karaganda residents, took second place at the World Cup in the UAE. The Akimat of the Karaganda region honored the silver medalists.

The championship was held in Ras-al-Khaimah. Our players almost to the last did not give revenge to the opponents from Romania, finishing the main time of the final match with a score of 2:2.

At the beginning of the game, the Kazakhstanis were in the lead, breaking ahead with a two-goal difference. But the opponents managed to even the score, which allowed them to transfer the game to extra time. However, extra-time did not reveal the winner. The fate of the gold was decided in a penalty shootout, where fortune was on the side of the Romanian national team – 12:11.

As a result, the Romanian national team was in first place, our players won silver, and the Hungarian squad was placed on the third line. In the match for the third place, she beat Azerbaijan with a score of 3:1.

– Our players played well: the Romanians are repeated champions, so to reach the final with such an opponent is already a victory, – said Deputy Akim of the Karaganda region Yerlan Kusayyn, congratulating the athletes. – It is very pleasant that almost all Karaganda residents are in the national team. Your victory is a great pride for us. We are sure that you have a bright future ahead of you and the silver medal is just the beginning of your triumph.

The Kazakhstan national team played for the first time in the final of the world championship in mini-football.

– We have been preparing for this championship since the beginning of the summer. And before the trip, they participated in three tournaments in Kazakhstan, played in two finals. We won the championship of Kazakhstan, but we didn't have enough luck in the world. And we played well tactically," said Pavel Taku, the team's coach. – Now we have plans to participate and win the European Championship. We set ourselves serious tasks and are focused on gold.