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FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Marseilles 2008

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Italy reach final on penalties
Italy reach final on penalties

Thirty-nine minutes of action could not split them but after sharing eight goals, Italy defeated Spain 1-0 on penalties to reach the Marseille 2008 final.

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Line-up

1
Stefano SPADA (GK) Out (-12'04" ) Yellow Card In (+24'01")
1
(GK) ROBERTO VALEIRO
2
Michele LEGHISSA Out (-5'45" )
3
Out (-10'18" ) ANTONIO
5
Simone FEUDI Goal
4
CRISTIAN TORRES
7
Roberto PASQUALI (C) Goal Goal
6
Out (-4'27" ) NICO
9
Massimiliano ESPOSITO Goal Out (-5'45" ) Yellow Card
10
Goal Goal (C) AMARELLE

Substitute(s)

12
Germano FABRO (GK) Out (-24'01" ) In (+12'04")
12
(GK) DONA
3
Giuseppe CONDORELLI Out (-21'34" ) In (+10'18")
2
Out (-18'32" ) In (+10'18") MIGUEL BEIRO
4
Giuseppe PLATANIA Out (-10'18" ) In (+9'03")
7
In (+18'32") KUMAN
6
Giuseppe SORIA In (+21'34")
8
Out (-5'36" ) Goal In (+4'27") JAVI ALVAREZ
8
Francesco COROSINITI Out (-9'03" ) In (+5'45")
9
Goal In (+8'22") JAVIER TORRES
10
Diego MARADONA JR
11
Out (-8'22" ) In (+5'36") MIGUEL
11
Paolo PALMACCI In (+5'45")
5
Injured JUANMA

Coaches

Giancarlo MAGRINI (ITA)
(ESP) JOAQUIN

Officials

Referee: POSTMA George (NED)Second referee: ONODERA Tasuku (JPN)Third referee: MORSI Mohamed (EGY)Timekeeper: WALDER Roman (SUI)

Statistics

ItalyITASpainESP
38Shots37
5Corner kicks7
3Overheads4
2Yellow cards0
0Second yellow card and red card0
0Red Cards0
39%Possession (%)61%

Photos

  • Cheerleaders perform during the semi-final between Italy and Spain
  • Italy's Paolo Palmacci vies with Spain's Cristian Torres
  • Italy keeper Stefano Spada makes a save against Spain
  • Paolo Palmacci helps Roberto Pasquali celebrate one of his goals during Italy's semi-final with Spain
  • Spain's Amarelle after missing a penalty in his side's shootout with Italy
  • Italy players celebrate at the end of their penalty shootout with Spain

Quotes

"This qualification was down to years of sacrifice. Today my players played an extraordinary game, although from a technical point of view Spain were the better team. I'm happy, very, very happy. Brazil are on another planet but if we play as we know we can, we can become world champions," Giancarlo Magrini, Italy coach.

"We played good football during this World Cup but not today. We have been strong defensively throughout the tournament, but today we made too many mistakes. Penalty shootouts are a lottery, we knew that going into the game," Cristian Torres, Spain player.