The Solomon Island Bilikiki boys drew 3-all with a local side in Brazil as preparations for the 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup move ahead.
Reports reaching SIFF Media office confirm the match saying the local side gave the boys a taste of what to expect from countries that have been playing beach soccer for sometime a long time.
The Bilikiki’s were supposed to play against the Brazilian national beach soccer team in the friendly but with communication problem, the match did not eventuate.
Assistant Coach, Viv Wickham says they played only one third of the match on Tuesday evening because the team had arrived late and drew 3-3.
“We played a local select side on Tuesday evening. Only played one third (12minutes) against them because they arrived late, we drew 3-3. The boys are looking forward to the tournament and are enjoying the experience.”
“It looks like we won´t be able to have any proper friendlies while we are here as we have not had any correspondence with them, this is a set back but we are used to set backs so Eddie Omokirio and I have taken the opportunity for the boys to familiarize themselves with the sand and the climate.
“The sand is a lot finer than what we are used to, it slows you down a bit however the boys are training hard two times a day and will once again have the chance to familiarize once more in Rio as of Saturday(last weekend), says Wickham