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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Marseilles 2008

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Summary

Naka sends Solomons home in style
Naka sends Solomons home in style

The irrepressible James Naka scored four times to inspire Solomon Islands to a 6-3 victory over El Salvador in the battle to finish third in Group B.

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James NAKA

Line-up

12
Jose PORTILLO (GK) Out (-24'01" )
12
(GK) Fred HALE
4
Medardo LOBOS (C) Out (-8'12" )
2
Out (-7'32" ) TAKA
9
Elias RAMIREZ Misses next match if booked Goal
8
Out (-4'24" ) Goal Goal (C) Gideon OMOKIRIO
10
Tomas HERNANDEZ Misses next match if booked Goal
10
Goal Goal Goal Goal James NAKA
11
Agustin RUIZ Out (-6'17" ) Goal
11
Out (-6'09" ) Gibson HOSEA

Substitute(s)

1
Luis RODAS (GK) In (+24'01")
1
Absent (GK) Henry PADAVERANA
2
Wilber ALVARADO In (+11'37")
3
Out (-11'07" ) In (+8'31") Franco NEE
3
Jose MEMBRENO Out (-11'37" ) In (+8'12")
4
Out (-8'31" ) In (+6'09") Misses next match if booked Eddie NGAITIN
5
Saul BLANCO
5
In (+7'32") Hickly RENCE
6
Jose CASTRO
6
In (+4'24") Misses next match if booked Nicholas MURI
7
Walter TORRES Out (-20'12" ) In (+6'17")
7
Michael TAEMAN
8
Jose QUINTEROS Misses next match if bookedIn (+20'12")
9
In (+11'07") Joe LUWI

Coaches

Rudis GONZALEZ (SLV)
(SOL) Henry KOTO

Officials

Referee: GENG Zhiwei (CHN)Second referee: JACOB Denis (BEL)Third referee: PALHIES Sylvain (FRA)Timekeeper: RODRIGUEZ Juan (ARG)

Statistics

El SalvadorSLVSolomon IslandsSOL
44Shots26
7Corner kicks1
2Overheads2
0Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
52%Possession (%)48%

Photos

  • El Salvador's Tomas Hernandez and Jose Ruizcompetes against Solomon Islands' Taka in their group-phase match at Marseille 2008
  • Solomon Islands forward James Naka performs and overhead-kick as El Salvador players Jose Lobos and Luis Rodas look on
  • Solomon Islands players Eddie Ngaitin and Omo celebrate the latter's goal against El Salvador
  • Solomon Islands' captain Omo celebrates after scoring against El Salvador in their group-phase match at Marseille 2008
  • El Salvador's Jose Quinteros competes against Solomon Islands' Taka in their group-phase match at Marseille 2008
  • Omo celebrates a goal for Solomon Islands against El Salvador

Quotes

"I was really pleased with the attitude of my players. The problem today was that we couldn't contain Naka. But it was great to be here. The organisation from FIFA was excellent and really like Marseille and its fans. I hope France win tonight and can go to the final," Rudis Mauricio Gonzalez Gallo, El Salvador coach.

"We played much better in our final game and I'm really happy with the result. We've had a great experience and it was great to finish the tournament with a victory. We'll hope to do better next year," James Naka, Solomon Islands player.