Despite of the Lose...England Through to Last 16 in BSWW World Cup Qualifier

Steve Black & Andrew Reading (GK)

Match37 – Group C - Tuesday, June 9

FINAL SCORE:Russia 7 x 4 England

The revamped English squad tried hard to outbalance beach soccer giants Russia, but the Red Army’s efficiency again proved to be vital to determine who moves into the round of 16 as Group C leaders. Goals by Shishin (2), Makarov (2), Shaykov, Eremeev, and Leonov lifted Russia to a comfortable 7-4 win over England.

# PLAYER (Starter)
1 Reading x
4 Bowen
5 Bowes © x
7 Funnel
8 Day x
9 Brown
10 Giancovich x
11 Blake x
12 Webb
15 Black

Head Coach: Jamie O'Rourke

Referees:

1st Libor Kastanek (CZE)
2nd Christian Zimmerman (SUI)
3rd Sylvain Palhies (FRA)
4th Afgan Hamzayev (AZE)

SCORE CHART:

Goal Scorer; Time left

#6 Shishin (RUS); 7’'45
#6 Shishin (RUS); 6’'55
#9 Shaykov (RUS); 11'’27
#14 Eremeev (RUS); 5’'20
#4 Makarov (RUS); 3’'39
#10 Giancovich (ENG); 2'’17
#8 Leonov (RUS); 11'’57
#7 Funnel (ENG); 10’'14
#15 Black (ENG); 9’'42
#11 Blake (ENG); 4’'58
#4 Makarov (ENG); 4’'25


“"We played well, but gave away too many free kicks. The Russians are lethal when it comes to these kinds of situations. We could have gotten a lot more out of this game if we would have been more concentrated from the start”" - Giancovich (England Striker)

FINAL GROUP STANDINGS:

Group C

Team; Points; Goal diff;
1 Russia; 6; +15;
2 England; 2; -2;
3 Andorra; 0; -10;