RIVALS CAUGHT IN TORNADO SLIPSTREAM
UEFA.com
Friday 21 August 2009
Moldovan champions SC Tornado Chisinau moved to the top of UEFA Futsal
Cup Preliminary round Group A in Bulgaria on Friday as nine different
players scored in a 10-0 defeat of Cork City FC.
Tornado top Mini-tournament hosts MFC Varna had led after Matchday
1 but although they beat Turkey’s Gazi Universitesi 5-2, they trail
Tornado on goal difference and must win the decisive match between
the two sides on Sunday to reach the Main round. Dorin Coceban was the
only player to score twice for Tornado as nine of their ten outfield
selections registered. A Vladimir Petrov hat-trick, his first two
goals coming in the opening three minutes, was the key for Varna.
Danish success The three-team Group G got underway on Friday
and Denmark’s Futsal BGA beat hosts KMF Zelezarec Skopje of FYR
Macedonia 5-3, scoring all five of their goals in last eleven minutes
of the first half. Montenegro Stars Budva face BGA on Saturday, the
Danish side knowing a win would take them through, and Zelezarec the
following night.
Deciders Also on Saturday, two pools will be decided. FK Nautara Kaunas
lead KF Tirana on goal difference ahead of their Group E finale. In
Group F, Asa Tel-Aviv are also in front of Erebuni Yerevan on goal
difference with Austrian hosts 1. FC Allstars Wiener Neustadt, a point
behind Erebuni, taking on Asa and Erebuni playing Hvot Blonduosi. FK
Nikars Riga and AC Omonia are already through and all groups will be
decided by Sunday.
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