Portugal are too strong for the Blues (7-3)

The French beach soccer team lost (7-3) to Portugal on Thursday, July 6 in Baku (Azerbaijan) in the 2023 Beach Soccer World Cup qualifiers.

After their first victory against Greece yesterday (5-3), the beach soccer team returned to the sands of Baku on Thursday. Unlike the Portuguese world number 2, Claude Baraby’s men did not deserve but lost in the end (7-3). He will seek to qualify for the quarter-finals of the qualifiers tomorrow against Germany (10:15 am, on FFFtv).

the game

Despite a difficult start for the Blues, which saw Portugal take the lead with an own goal from Anthony Vaios (4th), Jeremy Bru made the two teams level following a left-footed cross (5th). ). If the Portuguese pressed loud and clear, it was the Habs who took the lead with a wonderful long-range inspiration from Anthony Barbotti (9) but Jordan Penhall equalized with an acrobatic comeback (10).

In the second period, Claude Baraby’s men again took control of the match with a header from Bru, double author (17). Shaken, Portugal accelerated and an equalizer through former Olympique de Marseille goalkeeper Ellinton Andrade (19) before Rui Coimbra (22) and then Miguel Pintado (24) widened the deficit.

And the last chapter witnessed the Seleçao scoring the sixth goal for Bernardo Lopez from a free kick (25), before he imitated Roy Coimbra in the last moments to put an end to French hopes.

Coach’s reaction

Claude Barab: “We played against a team that has more technical mastery than us, which gives a lot of movement to the ball. For two-thirds of the time, we managed to be on par with them, to make them complain, but it was physically difficult after that. Despite everything, we kept our Our heads and even if we lose today I’m very proud of what my players have done, they have nothing to be ashamed of their performance.Now it’s time to recover to face tomorrow’s crucial game against Germany.It will be 50-50.It is a country that has made tremendous progress in recent years as we have seen in their meeting Today against Greece. It will be a fight against a very physical team, and we will be ready.”

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