On 13 October 2006, the Brazil national futsal team and Timor-Leste national futsal team faced each other in an international futsal match that was part of the 2006 Lusophony Games, hosted that year by Macau. Brazil defeated Timor-Leste 76–0, setting a world record for largest win in an international futsal match.[1] One of Brazil's players, Valdin, scored 20 goals, which is another record.[1] It was Brazil's biggest margin of victory since they beat Uruguay 38–3 in the 1991 Pan American Games.[2] Timor-Leste was coming off a 56–0 loss to Portugal, which was the previous world record.
| Event | Futsal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Date | 13 October 2006 | ||||||
| Venue | Macau East Asian Games Dome, Macau | ||||||
| Referee | Khairuddin Nazrul (Malaysia) | ||||||
Background
editBrazil was the favorite to win the Lusophony Games, while this was one of Timor-Leste's first games. Brazil has always been one of the top futsal teams in the world.[3]
9 October: In the first day of competition, Angola defeated Macau 2–0,[4] but was overshadowed by Portugal's 56–0 blowout of Timor-Leste. The Portuguese player, Israel, scored 11 goals himself while André Lima, his teammate, scored 10 goals.[5] This was a little over one goal per minute. It was the world record for 4 days. Brazil did not play that day.
10 October: In Brazil's first game, they beat Angola 7–0.[6] Timor-Leste lost to the host side, Macau, 13–4.[7]
11 October: Brazil crushed Macau 27–0.[8] Portugal narrowly defeated Angola on that day, 4–1.[9]
12 October: 12 October was a rest day.
13 October: Besides the 76–0 game, Portugal blew out Macau, 22–0.[10]
Line-ups
edit| Timor-Leste | Brazil | |
|---|---|---|
| Xavier Henriques (GK) | Tiago (GK) | |
| Januário | Leco | |
| Octavianus | Valdin | |
| Romário | Ari | |
| Martins | Márcio Souza | |
| Substitutions: | Substitutions: | |
| Aleixo | Rogério | |
| Fernandes | Dimas | |
| Carlinhos | ||
| Tostão | ||
| Marinho | ||
| Wilde | ||
| Jonas | ||
| Manager: | Manager: | |
| Jaime Vong | PC de Oliveira |
The match
editThe match was played in the Macau East Asian Games Dome, as did all the games, at 19:00 UTC+8.
Brazil wanted to beat Timor-Leste by more goals than Portugal did because of goal difference.[1] The final result was 76–0, meaning almost 2 goals per minute.
Post-match
edit14 October: Brazil ties Portugal 1–1.[11] It is Brazil's first goal conceded in the whole tournament. Brazil won the gold medal by goal difference. Timor-Leste loses again, to Angola, 24–3.[12]
This is how the two countries wound up the tournament. Brazil won the gold medal,[13] and Timor-Leste came in last.
| Rank | Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Brazil
|
10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 111 | 1 | +110 |
| 5 |  East Timor
|
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 169 | −162 |
Response
editThe game was talked about mostly in Brazil,[1] Portugal and surprisingly Spain.[2] Timor-Leste did not compete in futsal at the next Lusophony Games in 2009, hosted in Portugal.
Striker Valdin said the following about the scoring:
"We knew the weakness of the opponent and as Portugal had (scored) a lot of goals, we had to score many goals as well. The goal was (to beat) Portugal on goal difference and that's what happened..."
Translated from Portuguese[2]
Reinaldo Simões, a member of the Brazilian delegation, said after the match,
"We needed a rout to have advantage in the game against Portugal tomorrow. That was our goal. No one was ever worried about (it). All the players worked in pursuit of goals until the score was so high that no one thought of scoring any more..."
Translated from Portuguese[1]
Brazil then drew with Portugal 1–1.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Brasil aplicou a maior goleada de sua história" [Brazil has implemented the biggest win of its history] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Bonde. 13 October 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Google Translate
- ^ a b c "O Brasil goleou o Timor Leste por 76 a 0" [Futsal: Brazil East Timor massacres by 76–0] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Terra. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2011. Google Translate
- ^ "Futsal World Rankings". Fut5al World Rankings. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Angola vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Portugal vs Timor-Leste". Futsal Planet. 9 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Brazil vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Timor-Leste vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 10 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Brazil vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Portugal vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 11 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Portugal vs Macau". Futsal Planet. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Match Data: Brazil vs Portugal". Futsal Planet. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Match Data: Timor Leste vs Angola". Futsal Planet. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2011.
- ^ "Futsal: Brasil ganha medalha de ouro nos Jogos da Lusofonia" [Futsal: Brazil wins gold medal in futsal at Lusophone Games] (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo. 14 October 2006. Archived from the original on 30 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2011. Google Translate