Spain, Poland and Hungary secure first points in Marseille

First day of Euro Beach Soccer League in Marseille is over. Favorites in group B for today Hungary won their match to Belarus, although it was more battled than expected. Both teams tied after the regular time and had to go to the extra time, but there Hungary proved their experience and managed to score three more goals in only three minutes, finishing 8-5 and adding 2 the first to points to their standing.

In Division A, the inaugural clashed in Marseille clashed Spain and Portugal, tougher teams in this Division in the event. Spaniards took the lead from the beginning with 2-0 and never suffered for victory. The final score after regular time was 3-6; beach soccer fans missed some of the best players of the world like Spanish striker and captain Amarelle, who missed this appointment as he’s currently recovering from an injury. We also missed Portuguese strikers Madjer, Belchior and Alan, but coach Ze Miguel probably thought in giving some minutes to newcomers.

Closing match of the day faced Eric Cantona’s France and Poland. Hosts played nervous today, with plenty of new faces in the squad. Maybe that was the reason of the disappointing match. Les Bleus dissatisfied Marseille’s fans by being defeated by Poland 3-2. France is not doing well this year (ranked 7^th out of 8 in the last Euro Beach Soccer Cup in Rome); tomorrow they’ll have a new chance to delight the home crowd against Spain. On the other hand, Poland managed to win their first three points of the League, after losing their three matches in the first stage of Euro Beach Soccer League in Moscow (Russia).  

Today’s results:

DIVISION B:

Belarus 5  vs.8 Hungary (aet)

DIVISION A

Portugal 3 vs. 6 Spain

Poland vs. France

Tomorrow’s clashes:

DIVISION B:

16h30 England vs. Hungary

DIVISION A

17h45 Portugal vs. Poland

19h00 France vs. Spain