I didn’t know that beach football was played competitively until I stumbled across this video. Then the penny dropped: I didn’t know anything about it because a) I live in England. Beach football is an alien concept as a result of b) there being no sunshine or anything resembling summer.
OK, that might not be completely true but in the South American countries there are far greater opportunities to play beach football because of the warmer climate and the beautiful beaches.
Here’s a selection of the finest beach football goals from 2011 and there are some fantastic ones in there. As you’d expect it is mainly the South American countries but there is a surprise entry or two from European countries. Enjoy.