The comeback of Spain, the defeat of the USA and the poker of the Tahiti forward: what did the fifth day of the Beach Soccer World Cup stand out for?

Tahiti's natural success

The first team from Group B to secure a ticket to the playoffs was Tahiti.

Teva Zaveroni's charges broke the resistance of the tournament debutant Mozambique - 8: 5.

Even numerous injuries did not prevent the two-time World Cup finalists from winning.

Moreover, Tamatoa Tetauira, who was carried away from the site on a stretcher in the previous meeting, took part in the game and even scored.

True, this did not save 45-year-old Zaveroni from the need to re-enter the field himself.

The specialist again did an excellent job with his task and gave an assist.

But the protagonist of the confrontation was Heirauarii Salem.

The attacker played poker and provided an assist.

Now he has six goals in the competition.

Mozambique, despite the defeat, again looked very dignified.

For the most part of the meeting, the team confronted the superior rival in the class and broke down only after the removal of their leader Nelson Joao Manuel, who struck the opponent's goal three times.

But striker Figo, who showed himself brightly in the first rounds (in meetings with Spain and the United Arab Emirates, distinguished himself seven times), this time remained silent and was noted only by an effective pass.

But a football player with another sonorous name - Juran scored.

Difficult victory for Spain

But Spain, in its confrontation with the UAE, unexpectedly faced serious difficulties.

The team, apparently, did not fully come to their senses after the defeat from Tahiti and an extremely unsuccessful start to the meeting of the last round.

In the middle of the first period, the favorite managed to miss twice.

In this situation, the European team remained outside the playoffs and let the opponent go ahead.

But after the break, Christian Mendes' charges finally started up.

The start of the comeback was laid by a magnificent cross-cut in the performance of Chico.

Then Edward Molina Suarez got down to business, who issued a double.

The referee also helped the Spaniards and appointed a penalty in their favor.

However, Chico failed to realize the nine-meter.

The Arab team did not give up until the very end.

Shortly before the second break, Ali Mohammad Mohammadi reduced the backlog to a minimum and gave his partners hope again.

Only the third goal of Suarez in the final period finally calmed them down.

Thus, the finalists of the 2013 World Cup not without difficulty made it out of the group, and they took second place in their quartet, leaving Tahiti ahead.

Confident play of Paraguay

But the match between Paraguay and the United States, domestic fans were waiting with special interest, because it was in it that the fate of the Russian national team could be decided.

In the event of a draw in regulation time, Mikhail Likhachev's wards would guarantee themselves an exit to the quarterfinals.

But the victory of one of the parties and the defeat of the hosts in a meeting with Japan could leave them behind the playoffs.

As for the Paraguayans and the Americans, they were initially considered the outsiders of Quartet A, but managed to give a fight to both favorites and managed to keep the chances of getting into the top two until the last round.

If the "Stars and Stripes" fought almost on an equal footing with Russia and Japan, then they had no strength left for the last round of the match.

It is difficult to explain nine conceded goals with something else - 4: 9.

At the same time, the Americans managed to open an account at the very beginning of the meeting, but the opponent bounced back after only 15 seconds.

In the future, only the Paraguayan national team was present on the court, which systematically increased the advantage in the score and improved the difference between goals scored and conceded.

As a result, Latin Americans still bypassed Russia on this indicator - +2 versus +1.

And some footballers have significantly improved their personal statistics.

So, Pedro Moran scored a hat-trick, and Carlos Carballo - a double.

As part of the losers, experienced Alessandro Canale scored twice, who finished the tournament with five goals.

But goalkeeper Christopher Toth is worth highlighting.

If it were not for his saves, the ten goals mark would have been crossed for the second time in a single match in the current championship.

Formal defeat from Russia

Fortunately, Russia did not have to count additional indicators after the match.

If in the two starting meetings the national team did not always look bright, then in the final one they simply did not leave the opponent a single chance - 7: 1.

The hosts, with the support of the half-filled stands, emerged victorious from almost all game episodes and did not allow the Japanese to do anything.

As a result, a rather rare event for beach soccer took place.

Goalkeeper Maksim Chuzhkov played with zero.

Stanislav Kosharny, who has already substituted, conceded the only ball from the penalty spot.

But Likhachev's charges did almost everything.

The hat-trick was scored by defender Arthur Ferorotny.

Fedor Zemskov and Boris Nikonorov scored once.

And the legendary Ozu Moreira at the ninth second of the meeting helped the national team to open the score - with his knee he sent the projectile to the target.

Finally, even Chuzhkov scored. Goalkeeping goals in beach soccer are not uncommon and shouldn't be surprising. But Maxim scored a really funny goal. After his impact from his own half of the site, the projectile hit a hill of sand and flew over the collar of a colleague. As a result, the hosts have issued the largest defeat of the championship - with a difference of six goals in Moscow, no one has yet conceded.