The knockout stage of the Small Goal World Cup commenced yesterday at The Garden with two likely favorites taking their final bow in the competition.
In the first of two matches, France was on the unlikely end of a 1-0 defeat to Argentina. The lone goal came from Swetes FC’s defender Ruben Rubel in the first half. France, tried as they could to equalize and carry the game to penalty kicks but a resilient Argentina with defensive brilliance secured the important win to move on to the quarter-finals.
The second match between Soccerama and last season’s Champions, Switzerland (Swetes) was as tense as it could be with both teams canceling out each other for the majority of the match. Swetes, however, seemed to have found the breakthrough when a penalty was awarded to them for a handball in the box.
Captain Shalon Knight stepped to the spot to secure the win, but faith would see it go the other way, a convincing strike was denied by the post and Germany had life blown back into them after such a scare.
The game went into penalties, the best of five,
Germany will now face Argentina in the Quarter-finals on Sunday at 6:30 pm.
