In the group stages of the Champions League 2008 the
following nationalities was registered to play:
Brazilians
85 Play futsal as
part of schools curriculum, several times world futsal champions.
French 65 Want all junior
plays to get 2 hours futsal experience weekly.
Zidane expected to step down (or up) to national French futsal team.
Italians 56 70%
of registered players are futsal players
Spaniards 56 won
last 2 futsal world cups, futsal pitches everywhere.
Germans 43 Slow
like England to embrace futsal.
Portuguese 43 Juniors
and seniors play futsal everywhere.
Turks 36 Futsal
nation.
English 30 Just scratching
futsal surface, miles behind the rest of the world. Number of English (British) players in
Premiership or UEFA Cup, all competitions is dropping alarmingly. This is a long term trend not a short term
blip.
Stats taken
from a Michel Platini article in Daily Mail (Sunday 30th March)
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