Doha:Magnus Futsal edged out FC Barcelona Lassa 2-1 in the penalty shoot out to reach the final of the Futsal Intercontinental Cup.
Yesterday at the Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena, for the Brazilian side goalkeeper Tiago De Melo saved the second kick of the shoot out taken by Carlos Filho to take the team into the final.
With the teams locked at three-all at the end of the normal period of play the teams the tie breaker system was introduced to break the deadlock.
Magnus will take on the winner of the second semi-final between Qatar’s Al Rayyan and Carlos Barbosa in today’s final at Ali bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena at 11.00pm.
The winners started proceedings on a promising note. In the third minute, Magnus Futsal’s Rodrigo Hardy Araujo produced a snap-header but his deflection hit the goalpost and caused no damage to FC Barcelona Lassa’s cause. Magnus Futsal opened the scoring through a lucky goal by Falcao whose shot was deflected into the net by a Lassa player in the 10th minute, 1-0.
Lassa produced the equaliser through Sergio Lozano with 90 seconds to go. Lozano beat the goalie off a penalty kick 1-1.
After a minute of quick exchanges, Magnus Futsal’s Leandro Simi slotted an easy ball into the Lassa net as the Brazilians took the lead for the second time in the match, 2-1.The Spanish side bounce back in the second half. Marc Garcia equalised to make it two –all nine minutes into the second half for Lassa. With two minutes to go, Sergio Martinez gave the Spanish side the lead but Leandro Simi equalized in the last minute for the Brazilians to draw level and take the match into extra time.
