Brazil and Spain secure opening day victories in NEOM

The Women’s NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2024 started as group action took place…

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Brazil win 4-2 against England.
The opening match of the Women’s NEOM Beach Soccer Cup competition saw England take on Brazil to get group stage proceedings underway.

It was the Brazilians to break the deadlock in the encounter as Bárbara put her nation ahead with just over two minutes remaining in the opening period.

The NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2023 runners-up doubled their advantage at the start of the second period as Adriele struck in the opening 17 seconds. However, England demonstrated a great level of resilience as captain Barron-Clark netted a brace for her country inside two minutes, as the teams were level at 2-2 with 12 minutes to play.

Brazil put on a fantastic display in the last period, as an acrobatic finish from Dani Barboza and a second for Adriele secured all three points.

Spain win 6-1 against Ukraine.
The last match of the women’s competition on the opening day saw defending champions Spain face off against NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2022 participants Ukraine.

Kostiuk opened the scoring for Ukrainians in the match inside the opening five minutes of the fixture, as captain Andrea Mirón brought Spain back on level terms with 47 seconds remaining in the first period.

The Spaniards were dominant in the second period as goals from Carol Glez and Sara Tui, alongside an own goal from Dubytska meant that Spain took a three goal advantage into the third and final period.

In the third period, Manau and Jessi ensured the Women’s NEOM Beach Soccer Cup 2023 champions won all three points on day one as the match ended 6-1.

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Results
England 2-4 Brazil
Spain 6-1 Ukraine

Fixtures – 14/11/24
England vs Ukraine
Brazil vs Spain

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