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体坛英语新闻:Brazil beats Paraguay 12-2 to become South American champion of beach soccer

更新时间:2024-04-24 15:51:49

  RECIFE, Brazil, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's beach soccer men's national team on Sunday beat Paraguay in the final match of Recife 2015 Beach Soccer South American Cup, played in Playa do Pina, in Brazil's northeastern city of Recife.

  Despite Paraguays's undefeated record during the tournament and the previous victory of 8-7 against Brazil, the host team played very strong and defended their field.

  The first goal of Brazil was scored by Rodrigo Vieira, while Daniel Gabriel scored two goals and Datinha scored one more so by the end of the first half, Brazil was leading 4-0.

  In the second half, Sydney, Bruno Xavier, Fernando, Rodrigo, Datinha and Daniel scored six goals for Brazil.

  Paraguayans only scored two goals, one by Juan Lopez and the other one by Wilson Rodriguez.

  At the end, Brazilians Datinha and Daniel scored two more to end 12-2.

  Brazilian Rafinha was chosen as the tournament's best player, while Bruno Xavier became the top scorer with 10 goals. The best goalkeeper was Chilean Echeverria.

  Argentina won third place after defeating Chile in the play-off last Saturday.

  With this result, Brazil leads the South American qualifying tournament, to be held in Manta, Ecuador, from April 12 to 19, to get a ticket for 2015 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup to be held in Portugal from July 9 to 19.