by Luca Ranocchiari - Futsalplanet.com editor

Waiting for two great semifinals, let's see what happened on past thursday and friday, when the XXII Copa de España began through four interesting and eagerly awaited quarter finals. Segovia is definitely breathing futsal during these days, what a tournament!

Barcelona Alusport vs Fisiomedia Manacor
Probably, or we'd better say definitely, the worst game of quarter finals. The manacori side paid the "cup debut" and could not be the brilliant team admired during the regular season. After some minutes of "game introduction" Barecelona proved too strong and went ahead with a Lin goal closing a Chico+Fernandao impressive action. The brazilian power of Barcelona came then out through the wonderful shot of Wilde: 2-0 at half time. It was again brazilian music in the second part of the game, as the brazzurro Saad and again Wilde put the score on a clear 4-0. But agony was not yet ended for Fisiomedia: Lin and Igor took Barcelona on the final 6-0 triumph. There will more chances for Fisiomedia, experience always talks in this kind of competitions.




Benicarlo - Caja Segovia
If you were thinking about an easy task for the home side, you were definitely wrong! Benicarlo proved again to count on "seven lives" and took the Jesus Velasco's side to the extra time. After the empate a uno (Geison for Caja Segovia, Vadillo the equalizer for Benicarlo) in the first half, everything seemed in favour of the home idols who went ahead 1-3 through former Cartagena Sergio Lozano and Borja. No more chances for Juanlu? Nope, playing with Lolo as goleiro-linha Benicarlo managed to stay alive, reaching first a 3-3 tie with Xapa (not the best Cidao in this case) and Lolo, then finding also the final 4-4 (Segovia in the meanwhile went again ahead with Geison) through a last minute goal by Chaguinha. How to close the game in favour of the host club Caja Segovia? Well, they were in need of the argentinean crack Matias Lucuix, a terrific shot which gave no chances to Diogo. Caja Segovia in semifinal, a city in heaven!




Inter Movistar vs Lobelle de Santiago
A polemic ending given by a possible penalty for Inter (foul on Cico?) couldn't anyway waste the spectacle of the "usual battle" between Inter Movistar and Lobelle de Santiago, a classic clash of recent times. Lobelle was just impressive in the first half and the 2-5 score is there to prove it. When a player like Raul Campos scores such a goal against Luis Amado, that means the roster is 100% confiante in their chances. The young talents coached by Tomas De Dios were better than the highly experienced veterans of the former maquina verde: not even the great madrilenian comeback in the second half (Eka, Gabriel and Borja) was enough, as a Cico mistake gave David the chance to score the definitive 5-6 win for the galician club. Forty minutes of pure futsal




Triman Navarra vs ElPozo Murcia
One more thrilling game closed the quarter final series. In the play-off final replay once again the murcian side emerged victorious but just at the end of a penalty series in which the Parrel mistake was decisive. ElPozo seemed in control in the first half, as shown by the couple of goals scored in 15 seconds by former Marfil Dani Salgado and Tiago De Bail. Wrong impression though: Triman was still alive and ready to fight in the second half. Javi Eseverri and Rafa Usin equalized, while Kike took ElPozo ahead again. Game over? Not for Araca, who got the final 3-3 playing as goleiro-linha. No goals but a lot of emotions in the extra time, then penalties were pure delight for murcian fans. Get ready for semifinals!