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Written by Kevin Bryant
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Sunday, 13 April 2008 |
 Courtesy: UEFA.com
Spain to defend world title in Brazil
Saturday 12 April 2008
Spain
will bid for a third straight FIFA Futsal World Cup victory in Brazil
this autumn after completing a comfortable play-off success against
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Comfortable win
A 9-1 home
first-leg win had made the return in Visoko something of a formality
and Spain ensured they qualified in style as they struck four goals
without reply. Kike found the target on five minutes and Ortiz, Marcelo
and Rafa Muñoz took the aggregate score to 13-1 after the interval for
the world and European champions.
European berths
Five
other European sides will be in the finals draw in Brasilia on 6 July
for the tournament from 30 September to 19 October. On Sunday, Russia
hold a 5-1 lead ahead of their home leg against Belarus while on
Tuesday Ukraine travel to Hungary 3-1 up, Romania welcome the Czech
Republic with the score at 1-1 and Slovenia visit Portugal trailing
6-1. The play-offs are completed the following day in Ploce where
Croatia hope to overturn a 6-3 deficit against 2004 World Cup
runners-up Italy.
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