The UEFA Futsal Cup Semi finals will kick off on the 24/4/2009.

24/04/09 Kairat vs Interviú Madrid
24/04/09 Ekaterinburg vs Dinamo Moskva

Third Place Play-off 26 April 2009
Final 26 April 2009

Dinamo outdo Ekaterinburg to retain cup

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Sunday 5 April 2009

MFK Dinamo Moskva will go into their UEFA Futsal Cup semi-final at MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg on 24 April in high spirits after beating their rivals 7-4 on aggregate to retain the Russian Futsal Cup.

Dinamo delight
Dinamo defeated Ekaterinburg a year ago to take the trophy as part of a domestic double, but this season Viz have held the upper hand, leading the league by six points after beating the capital club three times and drawing the other of their four fixtures. However, Dinamo have been in fine form since the recent return of Yuri Rudnev as coach and have now won the cup for a fourth time, despite the absence through injury of several key men including Cirilo.

First-leg draw
In Wednesday’s first leg at the Ekaterinburg Palace of Sport, where the UEFA Futsal Cup finals will be held, Dinamo twice trailed the European champions. But goals from Artem Chudinov and Damir Khamadiev were cancelled out by Aleksandr Rakhimov and Vladislav Shayakhmetov, the former Viz player making it 2-2 in the last minute.

Decisive result
The return on Sunday was a different matter, with Dinamo this time dominant. Aleksandr Fukin, Anatoli Badretdinov, Konstantin Maevski, Rakhimov and Pavel Kobzar all found the target for Dinamo, with only two Pavel Chistopolov strikes in reply. Rudnev said: “We’ve lost some of our top players, but today we were well organised and played mobile futsal, which makes me very happy. We set ourselves the goal of winning this trophy despite all the difficulties and we carried out that task.” Ekaterinburg coach Sergei Skorovich added: “Today, two equally matched teams of the highest level met and Dinamo won, which means they were stronger.”

Interviú victory
Of the other two UEFA Futsal Cup semi-finalists, Kairat Almaty retained the Kazakhstan title last weekend and in midweek suffered two rare defeats, losing 5-3 and 7-4 at home to Ayat Rudny. Interviú Madrid prevailed 4-2 at Carnicer Torrejón FS with a Jaison own goal and two Jordi Torras strikes sandwiching a Betão effort. They lead the regular season table by seven points ahead of ElPozo Murcia FS and look likely to have top seeding for the eight-team championship play-off.

Kairat champions of Kazakhstan again

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Tuesday 31 March 2009

Kairat Almaty will go into the UEFA Futsal Cup finals later this month with a fifth straight Kazakhstan domestic double under their belt after wrapping up the league title for the sixth year in a row.

Title success
Having secured a draw and a win against their main title rivals Aktyubrentgen Aktobe in two away games in mid-March, Kairat welcomed the second-placed team holding a nine-point lead. They knew two victories would give them an unassailable lead, and in the first game they won 4-1 after recovering from falling behind early on and followed that up with a 3-2 success, Rafael scoring twice to secure the title with four games remaining.

Harder competition
Goalkeeper Vitali Khalyavin is the sole veteran of all six championship successes, and the 29-year-old Kazakh international said: “We had to work hard for every title. Some people think it has become easier to win gold medals after the reduction of the number of Premier League participants, but that is rubbish. On the contrary: the overall level is significantly higher. Our team continue to grow in terms of quality. We have four matches left in the Kazakhstan league and will try to use them as the part of the preparations for the UEFA Cup semis. As we saw during UEFA [European] Futsal Championship qualifying, Kazakh sides can play against any opponents. Yes we suffered a 7-0 defeat by Spain, but we were not inferior in terms of the game.”

Interviú on top
His team will meet Spanish opposition in the shape of Interviú Madrid in the UEFA Futsal Cup semi-finals in Ekaterinburg on 24 April, with Kairat hoping to win at that stage for the first time in three attempts. In the Spanish league, Interviú remain top of the table after a 4-0 defeat of UD Guadalajara FS at the weekend, Neto scoring twice and Daniel and Schumacher both on target. FC Barcelona are five points behind in the race for top seeding in the championship play-offs.

Russian tussle
The other two semi-finals, MFK Dinamo Moskva and hosts and holders MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg, are also closely matched in the race for Russian honours. Ekaterinburg saw their Super League lead over reigning champions Dinamo cut to six points this weekend as the capital club picked up a 3-1 win and 4-4 draw at neighbours MFK Dina Moskva while their rivals lost 4-1 at MFK Tyumen before a 4-2 success. Dinamo and Viz’s league and European ambitions are on hold for the moment, though, as they face off over two legs for the Russian Cup on Wednesday in Moscow and Sunday in Ekaterinburg.

Source : UEFA.com

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