Africa-Press – Namibia. SWAKOPMUND Football Club (SFC) got the edge over the Windhoek-based clubs after lifting the first-ever Ongos Valley Futsal Cup by defeating Quality FC 7-5 in the final.
The Swakopmund outfit played some entertaining futsal from the onset, defeating Ondobe Eleven FC 20-0 in their first game on Thursday to open their Ongos Valley Futsal Cup account.
They signalled their dominance throughout the inaugural tournament, conceding only 11 goals and putting 47 goals past five opponents.
Their players also received individual honours with Matheus Humphries receiving the top goalscorer award after he ended the tournament with 20 goals.
Saturday’s final against Quality FC proved to be a spectacle for futsal fans who came out in numbers.
SFC opened the scoring five minutes into the game, but Quality FC struck back to build up a 3-1 lead by halftime.
SFC drew level soon after the restart and after scoring two goals in two minutes they took a 6-4 lead going into the final quarter.
Quality came back strongly, but SFC managed to hold on for a 7-5 win and captain Waldron Theron admitted that it was very intense.
“It took quite a while for the game to calm down, but I feel like it was a flowing game, very competitive. We got a good game from Quality FC,” he said.
Quality FC coach Cheila Nunda said that it was generally a good game, while noting that her team could have done better in some areas.
“We knew it was going to be a tough game. We prepared well so we only lost in small aspects, which was mainly marking,” she said.
Quality FC won their first game 11-0 and Nunda said their journey to the final was all planned.
“The idea was to send a message from the first game. The idea was to keep it simple but to mark at all times,” Nunda added.
The founder of Futsal Namibia, Andrei Tirtirau said that the atmosphere of the tournament was amazing and that it was a big success.
He added that he was glad to see teams participate in numbers, particularly football teams.
He did, however, note that there was much to learn from some teams.
“A lot of the new teams that started were a bit confident that they will do well because they play 11-a-side football. But they got a bit of a shocker when they played against the experienced futsal guys,” he said.
Meanwhile, managing director of Ongos Valley, Americo De Almeida confirmed an extension of Ongos’ partnership with Futsal Namibia, saying that there will be a summer cup taking place in December.
“We want to take centre stage in the development of futsal, so we are going to participate throughout the year,” he said.
“There is a summer cup coming up in December and this (winter cup) is going to be an annual cup that is going to be repeated next year,” he added.
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