Monday, January 21, 2008

Brazil defeats Uruguay to win South American beach soccer

The Brazilian national beach soccer team on Sunday beat Uruguay 4-3 in the final of the South American beach soccer championships.

Buru, the top scorer of the tournament with four goals, scored three in Sunday's game. Junior Negao added a goal to the Brazilian scoreboard. For Uruguay, Parrillo scored twice while Coco scored once.

Apart from Buru's award for scoring the most goals in the tournament, two other Brazilians received individual awards: Mao was voted as the best goalie and Bruno Malias was chosen as the MVP of this year's competition.

"We had played against the Uruguayan team and we were aware of the difficulties. The heavy sand also made it a difficult game," said the Brazilian team captain, Junior Negao, who has scored 321 goals for the team in his career.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/21/content_7460951.htm

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