UEFA.com
Sept 11 2005

Drama as Futsal Cup begins

Yerevan win
Armenian champions Yerevan were hot favourites to take one of the two
first qualifying round place on offer in this preliminary
mini-tournament, and sure enough cruised to a 7-2 victory against
one-year-old French side Roubaix.

Gyulambaryan injury
However, Armen Gyulambaryan, Europe’s most prolific Futsal scorer
last season with 127 in all, was taken off during the game with a
knee injury. Armen Danielyan, the reigning Armenian player of the
year, scored twice, a tally matched by Roubaix’s David Vieira.

Dinamo survive
In the previous match, Dinamo eked out a 2-1 victory against English
debutants London. Ani Mullaj, who struck eight goals in this
competition last season, gave Dinamo a half-time lead, and although
Alexandre Topalo equalised just after the break for Olexandr Saliy’s
side, Mullaj was on target again to leave the Albanian team’s
campaign on course.

Sunday games
Fixtures continue on Sunday with London and Roubaix both aiming to
get off the mark in the first game at Crystal Palace, and Dinamo
taking on Yereven later in a match where the winners could well
progress regardless of their third result on Tuesday.