The departure of Portugal, the defeat of Belarus from Brazil and the poker of Stankovic: what will be remembered for the sixth day of the Beach Soccer World Cup

Blunder of the Russian referee

The last group stage matches took place on Tuesday at the World Beach Soccer Championship.

The most paradoxical situation was in Quartet D, where the first place surprisingly did not give any special preferences.

The fact is that the winner of this octet in the quarterfinals could with a high degree of probability meet with Brazil, which was deprived of the opportunity to catch up with Switzerland in the event of the victory of the Alpines over El Salvador.

As a result, Senegal, who scored six points out of six possible in the first two meetings, unexpectedly lost to the modest outsider Oman - 2: 3.

Moreover, one of the main characters of the confrontation was the Russian judge Roman Borisov, who in the middle of the first period showed a direct red card to 17-year-old defender Papa Mar Boye for a punch in the face.

However, the replay showed that the opponent was rather simulating.

In addition, Abdullah Masood Al-Saiti converted the penalty.

Subsequently, the wards of Tabib Hilal Mohammed Al-Tanawi only increased their advantage in the score.

True, the Senegalese reduced the gap to a minimum 47 seconds before the final whistle, but did not have time to recoup.

Incredible relegation of reigning champions

The owner of the second ticket to the playoffs from this group was determined in the face-to-face confrontation between Uruguay and Portugal.

The reigning world champions did not start the tournament very well and won only over modest Oman.

At the decisive moment, they had to beat the Latin Americans, who had not achieved serious success for a long time.

As a result, the fans gathered in the stands witnessed a sensation.

Even the inspired play of Leonardo Martins did not help Mario Narciso's wards to gain the upper hand.

The Braga striker caught a real courage and made an extravaganza on the court.

That evening he did absolutely everything.

The footballer beat rivals one after another, delivered the most accurate blows from any position and every time was in the right place.

One of the best performers on the planet scored five goals, two of which were from Bernardo's brother.

But that didn't help his team win.

The Uruguayans showed incredible fortitude, because most of the match they were inferior in the score.

But South Americans constantly found the strength to recoup.

So, the meeting for them began with two conceded goals, but the team not only managed to restore the status quo, but also took the lead for the first time.

It was also possible to surrender when the magnificent Martins scored twice in the second period.

At that moment, Luis Alberto Quinta Acuña took the lead and scored a hat-trick - 5: 5.

The ending was incredible.

On the fifth goal of Leo Martins, Uruguay responded with a stunning shot by Andrés Laens.

Fatal was the mistake of the reserve goalkeeper favorite Pedro Mano.

After hitting colleague Alejandro Guerrero with a free kick from his own goal, he managed to miss.

However, the ball jumped at the last moment on a sandy hill.

The Portuguese had more than four minutes to save themselves, but for the seventh time they failed to upset the opponent and sensationally flew out of the tournament.

For the first time in the history of the world championships recognized by FIFA, the reigning champion could not even leave the group.

Stankovich's second youth

The Swiss national team can be called one of the main discoveries of the championship.

The team initially did not qualify for the World Cup, but at the last moment got into the number of participants thanks to the refusal of Ukraine.

And at the championship of the planet, the experienced team made a splash.

First, he beat Brazil in a penalty shootout, and then turned out to be stronger than Belarus.

35-year-old Dejan Stankovic, who is experiencing his second youth in Moscow, is leading the Alpines.

Actually, in the first meetings, he scored four goals.

And in the match of the last round with El Salvador, the striker completely designed poker.

Moreover, the opponent could theoretically reach the playoffs, but for this he needed the defeat of Brazil and his own victory with the largest possible score.

As a result, the events in the duel changed rapidly.

After the first period Switzerland was leading - 3: 1, and it seemed that the opponent had no chances.

But in the second, the Salvadorans turned everything upside down, scoring five goals.

The hat-trick was recorded by the main star of the team, Frank.

In particular, he distinguished himself with a direct kick from a corner.

With the outer side of the foot, the forward twirled the projectile exactly into the far nine above the head of the opponent who was covering the near post.

However, in the final 12-minute, Stankovic won the victory for the Europeans almost single-handedly.

First, he converted a penalty almost from the center of the site, then struck an accurate shot from his own half.

Finally, less than a minute before the end, Dejan, after a corner kick with lateral scissors, sent the projectile into the far corner - 8: 7.

So, the Swiss national team took first place in their group and got Uruguay as their rivals in the quarterfinals.

And Stankovic, with eight goals, led the top scorers of the tournament along with Leonardo Martins.

Confident defeat of Belarusians

After the defeat of El Salvador, only Brazil and Belarus claimed the second place in Quartet C.

However, it was hard to believe in the success of the neighbors.

They needed to win in regular time to be guaranteed to bypass a venerable opponent.

However, the intrigue actually died at the start of the first period.

It took the favorite just 2.5 minutes to open an account.

Someone else's gate was struck by Rodrigo.

However, the wards of Nicholas Alvarado Caporale, to their credit, did not give up and tried to attack, especially since they had no other choice.

But in the second game segment, everything finally fell into place.

First, the Hulk doubled the advantage of the Latin Americans with a powerful blow.

Then goalkeeper Konstantin Magaletsky quickly turned from a hero into an antihero - he parried a penalty, but after 23 seconds he received a second yellow card and was sent off.

The remaining three goals were conceded by his reservist Vladimir Ustinovich. As part of the Brazilians, Lucao managed to arrange a double. Also, only the second goal in the tournament was marked by the best footballer of the planet-2017 Mauricinho. Finally, goalkeeper Mao did not leave the court without points for performance. He gave two assists.