Goals by Giordani (double), Bertacca, Josep Gentilin and Remedi. It’s the fifth time the Azzurri have reached this far
He had been kept waiting throughout the group stage, but Marco Giordani arrived when needed. It is he who drags the Italy of Beach Soccer to the semi-final of the Dubai World Cup, in which Emiliano Del Duca’s team will face the surprising Belarus (Saturday at 4.30 pm, live on RaiSport), capable of eliminating Portugal, which in 2019 it defeated Italy in the World Cup final. The 5-2 with which the Azzurri beat Tahiti says little about an uphill match for Fazzini, Bertacca and co.
the match
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Having finished first in the group against the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Egypt, Italy plays this quarter-final with the wind in their favor, but it is the beginning that changes everything. Tahiti goes ahead by two goals in 2 minutes, first with Taiarui (its main star, last year at Friuli in the Italian championship) and then with Tetauira, sending our team into a tailspin. That’s where the talent of one of our main stars is needed, that Giordani who was lacking in performance in the group stage: the boy from Anzio (with family in tow in Dubai) first finds a delicious lob and then opens the second half with a splendid reversed. It was the key to the match, which was definitively turned in the third half by goals from Bertacca, Josep and Remedi. “We have shown, once again, that we are a united group in difficulties,” said Luca Bertacca (Viareggio star) at the end of the match. Italy is in the Big 4, but now comes the best part, because Belarus has little coat of arms, but a lot of strength. In the other semi-final Brazil and Iran will meet.