Raul Mendy, the national beach soccer player, who won the UAE championship last Monday, aims to participate in the Euroleague, the main European disciplinary tournament scheduled for June.
” Yes, I am in contact with Greek, Portuguese and Spanish clubs and aspire to participate in the European LeagueThe three-time winner of the African Beach Soccer Cup of Nations explained that the title of the UAE Beach Soccer Champion is a great experience for him. ” It’s a very rich experience to do this kind of competitionSenegalese striker.
He remembers being called by a player from Al Wasl team. ” We met during the World Cup in Uruguay in 2019 and kept in touch until he contacted me to participate in this tournamentMendy, who won the title under the colors of Al-Wasl, explained. He said other foreign players also took part in the week-long tournament. He reported that he played in the same team as a Swiss, a Spanish and an Omani.
” If the first two matches were easy, the semi-finals and final were world-classThis is the kind of competition that African beach soccer players miss, said Raul Mendy, who says he is still an eleven-year-old soccer player.
” We have the potential, the talent and the mental qualities to challenge the best, but we lack these kinds of competitionNote the Senegal international, who has played for Génération Foot, AS Pikine, Guédiawaye FC and Jaraaf de Dakar. Mindy believes that That would be good “for him” Participate in the Euroleague, which is a very difficult competition too“.
He also wished good luck to Ngala Sylla, the former coach of the Senegalese national beach soccer team, who has just been recruited by the Royal Moroccan Football Federation. ” Life is about meetings and separation, I wish him good luck, he is a professional and has crossed the question with Senegal. In Morocco, he will look for new challengesSaid the striker, who won three titles in the African Championship under the leadership of Sylla.
Raul Mendy, seeded as a “rising star” by the world governing body of beach soccer, reached the quarter-finals (2019) and reached the semi-finals of the Beach Soccer World Cup (2021).
