Saturday September 1st, as part of the 16th Edition of the Amputee Football World Cup Turkey 2022, our Grenadiers on the lawn of the Riva 1 sports center of the Turkish Football Federation in Istanbul, faced the "One Stars" of Liberia.

For their opening match, our Grenadiers made a remarkable entrance by winning a resounding victory [4-1) against Liberia (African Cup finalist and holder of 3 titles).

In the first period Saviola Charles opened the scoring in favor of Haiti at 13' [1-0]. Score unchanged at halftime.

Returning from the locker room, Saviola Charles scored twice at 29' [2-0]. 5 minutes later John Spinoza sinks the score at 34' [3-0] and a minute later it's Redondo El Principe Richard at 35' which brings the score to [4-0]. Joé from Liberia saves the honor of his team by reducing the score to 50'+1 [4-1].

At no time Liberia disturbed our talented Grenadiers.

With this victory, Haiti becomes leader of Group A, ahead of Turkey (host country) which crushed France [3-0].

Group A :

Turkey: (Host country) Euro champion in 2021 and 2nd in the last World Cup

Haiti

France

Liberia:

Upcoming match schedule :

October 2 :

Haiti vs France

October 3 :

Haiti vs Turkey.

Learn more about amputee football :

Football for amputees follows specific rules, like any discipline adapted to a disability. The game takes place on a field of 60 meters by 40 (maximum 70 m X 60) or a classic football half-field. It has two goal cages with a maximum height of 2.2m, a width of 5m x 1m (depth) and a FIFA standard ball

The match is played in 2 periods of 25 minutes with a half-time of about ten minutes. A timeout of two minutes is authorized per team and per game. The team is made up of 7 players (6 outfield players, a goalkeeper) and substitutes.

Outfield players (excluding goalkeepers) must have a lower limb amputated. The goalkeeper must have an upper limb amputated, so a hand.

Players cannot use their crutches and stump to handle the ball. If this happens, it's considered a "hand" unless it's unintentional.

In addition, the use of the crutch against a player results in exclusion and a penalty.

Finally, offside does not exist in disabled football.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37753-haiti-amputee-world-cup-2022-our-grenadiers-in-istanbul-3-days-before-the-first-match.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37636-icihaiti-world-cup-our-grenadiers-amputees-train-in-florida.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37559-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-37530-haiti-world-cup-turkey-2022-training-camp-in-miami-for-our-amputated-grenadiers.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-37171-icihaiti-amputated-foot-our-grenadiers-crush-the-usa-[6-0]-in-a-friendly-match.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36239-icihaiti-turkey-2022-world-cup-the-federation-salutes-the-qualification-of-grenadiers-amputated.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36227-haiti-flash-our-grenadiers-qualified-for-the-amputee-football-world-cup-turkey-2022-video.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-36224-icihaiti-foot-amputees-turkey-2022-world-cup-qualifiers-haiti-loses-against-the-usa-[2-1].html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36213-haiti-amputee-football-turkey-2022-world-cup-qualifier-haiti-costa-rica-[0-0]-video.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-36202-haiti-foot-amputees-turkey-2022-world-cup-qualifier-haiti-crushes-mexico-[3-1].html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-35461-haiti-amputee-football-our-grenadiers-are-training-for-the-2022-world-cup.html

BF/ HaitiLibre