UAE hit double figures in beach soccer World Cup

Dubai: The UAE beach soccer team crushed Cameroon 10-4 in their opening game in Group C of the Fifa Beach Soccer World Cup Finals in Marseille on Friday night.

Despite the UAE trailing 2-1 and 3-2, skipper Bakhit Sa'ad led them to hit five unanswered goals to make it 7-3.

After taking such a commanding lead, they continued to dominate and hit more goals

Bakhit scored three goals, Rami Abdullah hit two, while Ali Al Mazam, Ali Karim, Ali Boloushy, Ebrahim Boloushy also hit the back of the net along with Cameroon defender Ekwalla Eyoum who scored an own goal.

UAE today meet Argentina, at 6.15 pm UAE time, in a tough clash after both teams won their first matches with the South Americans beating Russia 5-3.

In the other matches, Uruguay beat Iran 6-1, but Senegal had to beat France on penalties.

The African nation won 3-1 after the two teams finished level on 5-5 in Group A match.

In Group B, Italy beat Solomon Islands 7-4 and Portugal beat El Salvador 8-2.

In Group D, Mexico beat Japan 4-3 while defending champions Brazil overcame Spain in a tight 3-2 scoreline.