FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - Group A: Japan 10-2 Seychelles

Victoria: Japan booked their berth in the quarter-finals of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 in style, mesmerising the Paradise Arena crowd with a 10-2 win against Seychelles on Monday.

Bouncing back from Saturday’s 6-3 defeat to Belarus, Japan’s win secured them second spot in Group A and the three-time AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ champions will next take on Group B winners Portugal in the quarter-finals.

After Takaaki Oba’s bicycle kick broke the deadlock, 16-year-old Lienal Bibi replied for the hosts to become the third-youngest goalscorer in FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup history in the process.

Takuya Akaguma restored Japan’s lead and then added to it with a bicycle kick, only for Bibi to score his second of the night, this one coming from a picture-perfect header off a corner.

Akaguma calmed the frenzy and struck right back, starting an avalanche of Japan goals from Chikara Eguro, Ryota Tsuboya, Ken Matsumoto, Masato Suzuki and Oba.

Akaguma completed the rout in the 33rd minute for his fourth in the match with a bicycle kick.

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