A beautiful Italy surrendered, 6-4, to super favorite Brazil in the final of the Beach Soccer World Cup played in the 'Dubai Design District Stadium', packed in every row of seats, with a very large representation of the 'torcida', including there was that Romario who won a World Cup against Italy, but on the grass pitch and with eleven against eleven, in 1994 in Pasadena.
Instead the great protagonist was the n.
9 of the Seleçao Rodrigo, who in addition to scoring three goals forced, during the second of the three periods of play, the Italian goalkeeper Casapieri to commit a foul which cost him the expulsion, depriving Italy of a player until that moment fundamental moment.
Not only for the saves but also for the way in which, by kicking long, he relaunched the action.
Genovali and Fazzini took control of this young Italy but their 'doubles' (two goals each) were not enough to overcome a Brazil team that took a while to get going, but then took control of the match and now the sixth star will be sewn onto the shirt ("I don't know where they'll put it, there's no more space", joked Rodrigo at the end of the match).
Italy, however, lost its third world championship final, after those of 2008 in Marseille, also then against Brazil (one of Italy's three goals was scored by Diego Maradona junior) and 2019 in Paraguay against Portugal.
It was Genovali who opened the scoring, having hit the crossbar shortly before, at the start of the match, and then, during the match, he scored an own goal, when the Seleçao were already leading 3-2.
Brendo's Brazilian goal earned applause, with a spectacular overhead kick, and Fazzini's second solo effort with a deadly left-footed free-kick.
"There is regret - the comment at the end of the final by the Italian coach Emiliano Del Duca -, but we lost against a great team. I don't know if this is a gold lost or a silver won, and I can only congratulate my team because today they gave everything. The group is very young, with nine players who had never played in a World Cup, and you gain experience only by playing. We won a European Championship and now we are world vice champions, but we must continue to work and improve".
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