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Luparense through as Gliwice win

Friday 5 September 2008

Luparense Calcio A/5 are the first side to progress from the Main round after a 3-1 win against KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac secured a top-two finish in Group 2, with hosts PA Nova Gliwice well-placed to join them after also gaining victory today.

Luparense prevail
An 8-0 win against FK Nigars Riga on Thursday, while Gliwice were being held 4-4 by Kragujevac, put Luparense in pole position to pick up one of the two Elite round berths on offer and now their progress to the 19 September draw is confirmed. Again Jairo Manoel (Vampeta) was the opening goalscorer, finding the target on 16 minutes, and Rogerio De Oliveira (Mielo) doubled the lead midway through the second half. Nenad Vitorovic pulled one back with four minutes left but Mauro Canal (Maurinho) made sure of victory.

Gliwice second
Polish hosts Gliwice are second but Nikars gave them a tough game before losing 5-4, having trailed 3-0 at half-time. Gliwice now know a point on Sunday against Luparense would take them into the Elite round from 8-16 November, otherwise Kragujevac could move into second place with victory against Nikars.



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Ekonomac progress ahead of Gliwice

Sunday 7 September 2008

Serbian side KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac pipped PA Nova Gliwice to reach the UEFA Futsal Cup Elite round along with Luparense Calcio A5 as Main round Group 2 concluded on Sunday.

Gliwice pipped
With two victories to their name, the Italian side were already through but Kragujevac had to overhaul a three-point deficit to Gliwice, with who they drew on Matchday 1. Ekonomac kept their end of the bargain by winning 5-2 against FK Nikars Riga, meaning they would progress with on goal difference with a Gliwice defeat, but the Polish mini-tournament hosts led at half-time against Luparense through Blazej Korczynski. However, after the break Rogerio De Oliveira (Futsalplanet note: Mielo), Jairo Manoel (Futsalplanet note: Vampeta) and Marcelo Barro put Luparense in control. Przemyslaw Dewucki pulled one back, but Jairo Manoel scored two more for a hat-trick either side of a Adelmo Alexandre Pereira (Adelmo) goal in a 6-2 win.

Chrudim kick-off
Luparense and Kragujevac join top seeds MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg, MFK Dinamo Moskva, Interviú FS and Kairat Almaty in the Elite round draw on 19 September with ten further berths to be won in the remaining five Main round mini-tournaments. Group 5 gets underway on Monday in the Czech Republic with hosts FK Era-Pack Chrudim playing against Israel's Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion and competition ever-presents Iberia 2003 Tbilisi up against Preliminary round qualifiers Nautara Kaunas.




Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com