DUBAI: Brazil needed extra time to eventually shrug off a Mexico side determined to exit the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup UAE 2024 with a bang.
Cristofher Castillo gave Mexico the lead inside just two seconds but Brazil, as expected, didn’t take that blow lying down and turned the game on it’s head through Edson Hulk and Mauricinho.
Both sides would then net a goal apiece with Brazil winning the match heading into its final minute, when Ramon Maldonado volleyed home to take the game to extra time.
The result means Brazil go through as group winners and will face Japan in the quarter-finals, meaning Portugal are set to take on Belarus. Just as the game was headed for penalties, Hulk netted a bicycle kick winner to ensure top spot for the samba stars.
Source: Emirates News Agency