FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup - Group D: Italy 7-4 Oman

Victoria: Yahya Al Muraiki’s brace wasn’t enough to prevent Oman from falling to a 7-4 defeat to Italy in their opening FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Seychelles 2025 Group D match on Friday.

AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup™ Thailand 2025 runners-up Oman, seeking to advance to the knockout stage for the first time, will next face El Salvador on Sunday.

Italy raced into a two-goal lead through strikes from Tommaso Fazzini and Emmanuele Zurlo but Oman responded through Sami Al Bulushi and Al Muraiki to level the tie.

The Azzurri then missed two spot-kicks in quick succession, Alessandro Remedi smashing his effort against the crossbar before Said Al Farsi made a superb save to deny Luca Bertacca.

The latter swiftly made amends, beating his marker to thump the ball home with Gianmarco Genovali then making it 4-2.

Musallam Al Araimi caught Italy off guard by curling a glorious strike home directly from a corner at the end of the second period.

Italy started the third period strongly, adding to their advantage through Remedi before Josep Jr took charge of the game for the European side.

He capitalised on two Omani errors to slide Emiliano Del Duca’s team into control, before Al Muraiki got his second of the game.

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Group D: Italy 7-4 Oman

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