England on their First Win Against Andorra (3-2)

England snatched their first victory at the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup 2009 in heart-stopping fashion. Giancarlo Giancovich’s extra-time winner is good for 2 points and a barrel full of confidence to face powerhouse Russia tomorrow.

England Team

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

Head coach: Jamie O’Rourke

Referees:
1st Fabio Polito (ITA)
2nd Mikhail Prokharau (BLR)
3rd Sylvain Palhies (FRA)
4th Libor Kastanek (CZE)


SCORE CHART:

Goal Scorer;Time left

#10 Giancovich (ENG) 7’48
#7 Godoy (AND) 0’41
#11 Blake (ENG) 0’43
#7 Godoy (AND) 0’47

Extra-time

#10 Giancovich 2’46


“The Andorrans defenitely didn’t make it easy it on us, we did make hard work of it. We knew they’re a good side and that it was going to be a tough game. I think we had a lot of chances that we should have finished and not allow them to take the game into extra-time” -Giancarlo Giancovich (England Striker)

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