Courtesy: UEFA.com

By Paul Saffer

from Crystal Palace National Sports Arena

Yerevan and Tirana progress

Tal Grig Yerevan and Dinamo Tirana have made it through the UEFA Futsal Cup preliminary round after another dramatic day of action in England.

London out
Yerevan were beaten 2-1 tonight by mini-tournament hosts London White Bear FC but the home side were eliminated by virtue of a three-way head -to-head record with their opponents and Tirana. All three sides finished on six points but Armenian side Yerevan and Albanian entrants Tirana take first and second spot respectively. French debutants Roubaix Futsal finished bottom of the group after their 5-1 defeat by Tirana in the day‘s first game.

Benfica waiting
Yerevan now enter Group 3 of the first qualifying round, and will face the might of 2004 finalists SL Benfica along with Cyprus’s AGBU Ararat Nicosia and mini-tournament hosts Colorspectrum Aramis Budapest of Hungary. Tirana enter Group 4, staged by Slovenia’s KMN Svea Lesna Litija and also featuring KMF Marbo Beograd and Athena ‘90 of Serbia and Montenegro and Greece respectively.


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