On 13 October 2006, the

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and

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faced each other in an international

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match that was part of the

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, hosted that year by

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. Brazil defeated Timor-Leste 76–0, setting a world record for largest win in an international futsal match. One of Brazil's players, Valdin, scored 20 goals, which is another record. It was Brazil's biggest margin of victory since they beat Uruguay 38–3 in the

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. Timor-Leste was coming off a 56–0 loss to

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, which was the previous world record.

Background

Brazil was the favorite to win the Lusophony Games, while this was one of Timor-Leste's first games. *9 October: On the first day of competition,

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defeated

2–0, but was overshadowed by Portugal's 56–0 blowout of Timor-Leste. Portuguese

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scored eleven goals himself, while his teammate, André Lima, scored ten goals. This was a little over one goal per minute, being the world record for four days. Brazil did not play that day. *10 October: In Brazil's first game, they beat Angola 7–0. Timor-Leste lost to host Macau by winning 13–4. *11 October: Brazil crushed Macau 27–0. Portugal defeated Angola on that day by winning 4–1. *12 October was a rest day. *13 October: Apart from the 76–0 game, Portugal beat Macau 22–0.

Line-ups

The match

The match was played in the

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, as did all the games, at 19:00

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. Brazil wanted to beat Timor-Leste by more goals than Portugal did because of

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. The final result was 76–0, meaning almost 2 goals per minute.

Post-match

14 October: Brazil ties Portugal 1–1. 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. This is how the two countries wound up the tournament. Brazil won the gold medal, and Timor-Leste came in last.

Response

The game was talked about mostly in Brazil,

and surprisingly

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. Timor-Leste did not compete in futsal at the next Lusophony Games in

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, hosted in Portugal. Striker Valdin said the following about the scoring:
Reinaldo Simões, a member of the Brazilian delegation, said after the match,
Brazil then drew with Portugal 1–1.

References

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