Russia beat Oman for second straight friendly win

MUSCAT: The Russian beach soccer team registered their second straight win against Oman national beach soccer team by 6-3 in a preparatory match on Wednesday night at the sandy court of the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex. The opening international friendly between both teams ended in favour of Russia too by 6-5 on Monday night.

Oman team players will move ahead in their underway domestic camp until March 10 as it will include two further preparatory games against Belarus which are scheduled on Saturday and Monday. The camp is part of the team’s preparations for the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2025 which will take place in Pattaya in Thailand from March 20 to 30, 2025.

In the second friendly encounter between Oman and Russia, head coach of Oman team Talib Hilal began the game with a line-up similar to the last game featuring goalkeeper Younis al Owaisi, Khalid al Oraimi, Mundhir al Oraimi, Yahya al Murkhi and Abdullah al Souti.

Oman and Russia players in action.

In the first period of the match, Russia entered the match strongly as they scored through Zemskov Fedor but the response was very quick from Oman as Mundhir al Oraimi managed to register the equaliser. The match referee started to show some yellow cards for both team players due to some tough interfaces. The Russian side were more intensified in attacking area but Oman’s defenders blocked all their attempts as the first set ended at 1-1 draw.

In the second period, Russia took the advantage as they scored the second goal by Maxim to make it 2-1. In the third and last period, the visitors extended their lead with a goal from Kusharni. Later, Oman managed to reduce the deficit through Abdullah al Souti and Musallam al Oraimi who revived the hopes by registering Oman's third goal to make it 3-3.

Few minutes later, Russia responded with a fourth goal from Romanov Kirill and then fifth from Romanov Kirill before Vinogradov Amadeus sealed the win with sixth goal. Oman’s Abdullah al Souti and Yahya al Murkhi received red cards while Khalid al Oraimi was shown a yellow. The match ended with Russia winning 6-3.