Qantas Australian Beach Football Team beat China

The Qantas Australian Men's Beach Football Team has recorded its first ever win in an international beach soccer match, defeating China 4-1 on pitch three in the 2nd round of the group stage.

The Qantas Australian Men's Beach Football Team has recorded its first ever win in an international beach soccer match, defeating China 4-1 on pitch three in the 2nd round of the group stage.

The win means Australia is in second place in the Group B standing, ahead of Oman on goal difference.

Australia took the lead, scoring in the first minute when Michael Matricciani found the back of the net.

Matricciani then scored his second in the 5th minute of the first period. At the end of the second, Australia had extended its lead to 3-0, when Demetrios Bakis scored his first goal of the tournament.

Australia made it 4-0 when Matricciani scored his third goal.

The only Chinese goal was scored in the final two minutes of the match.

The Qantas Australian Men's Beach Football Team faces Oman tomorrow in a crucial game to decide which team will progress in the group.

“We needed it, so let-s see what we can do tomorrow,” said Qantas Australian Men's Beach Football Team coach Airton Andrioli.

“We are expecting a tough game as every game is, but you know, winning today gave us a bit of confidence.

“We have been playing well but we-ve just been a little bit unfortunate in the last results, including our friendly matches.

“We hope we can continue on winning and qualify for the World Cup,” finished Andrioli.

In the other match in Group B, Oman lost in an exciting match against Iran 5-3.