The 2024 World Cup is over for Portugal. On Thursday, in the quarter-finals against Belarus, the three-time World Beach Soccer champion lost in the final moments of extra time, by four goals to three.
But the scorer of the first goal in the match, the Portuguese quickly lost the thread of the match, as happened against Brazil and Oman, where he conceded three goals within six minutes. But even with their backs against the wall, Mario Narciso's men still managed to let their experience speak for themselves in this contest, pulling one back before getting back on track, through Jordan Santos and then Bernardo Lopez.
All three at the end of normal time, the Portuguese who thought he was doing the hardest part, finally conceded a fourth goal for Belarus in the last second of extra time, which this time was fatal. Thus, the World Cup for Portugal ends at the gates of the semi-finals. Belarus continues its journey and will face the winner between Italy and Tahiti.
