The French team “ACCS Asnieres Villeneuve 92” defeated the French team “ACS Asnieres Villeneuve 92” 6: 2 (3: 1) in the semi-finals of “Sporting” Lisbon.
The winners were Alex Merlim, one by one – Estevans, Tomas Pasu, Diego Cavinatu and the Cardinal, who took the penalty kick.
Nelson Luten and Salma Galmen scored the opponents.
The Portuguese club won in the first 12 minutes, scoring three goals.
Pani Varela was the scorer.
The two teams have already met in the group tournament, celebrating with a 4: 3 victory and taking the first place in the group for the Portuguese team. The French club finished second.
In the elite round, “Sporting” celebrated two victories and once played a draw, entering the final tournament due to a better goal ratio. ACCS Asnieres Villeneuve 92 finished behind the Russian club Tyumen in this phase of the tournament, but after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the decision of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the International Federation of Football Federations (FIFA) to exclude Russian teams – teams and clubs – The French club that won the second place in the UEFA and FIFA competitions in Riga will play.
So far, no French team has taken part in the finals, while Sporting has won two titles.
The biggest star of the tournament is in the French team. It is the 36-year-old Portuguese indoor football legend Ricardini, who has won the league three times, six times as the best indoor football player on the planet and last autumn as the best player in the 2021 FIFA World Cup finals.
In the second semi-final, Benfica conceded 4: 5 (3: 0, 1: 4, 0: 1) in overtime in Lisbon.
“Benfica” took the lead in the second half of the game when Hoseins Tajebi scored 1 – 0.
By the end of the half, the victory was tripled by Vinisius Rosha and Afonsu Jesu.
21 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 – 3 as André Souzam finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick.
Ten minutes later, the Spanish team scored their first goal on their own, leaving Ferrau 2: 3. In the 35th minute, a draw was reached for Diego, but in the 38th minute he already put “Barcelona” in the lead – 4: 3.
Serhio Losano missed a penalty after 35 minutes that would have put the teams level.
This led to a draw, as immediately after Diego’s second goal, the Portuguese club scored the fourth goal, equalizing the result – 4: 4. Ivan Čiškala scored the goal.
In the tenth minute of the extra time, the winner of the Barcelona club Adolfo – 5: 4 in favor of “Barcelona”.
Barcelona boasts three league titles and Benfica has one (2010).
Barcelona was the most productive team in the tournament before the semi-finals, scoring 40 goals in six games. Kavinatu, the leader of the Sporting, was the third best winner of the tournament before the semi-finals with nine goals scored.
The first and third place games will take place on May 1st.
2020/2021 In the season, Sporting defeated the Barcelona team 4: 3 in the final.
For the first time in history, one of the UEFA European Cup finals is taking place in Latvia.
The UEFA Champions League indoor football tournament is an annual tournament that has been held since 2001, replacing the European Indoor Football Club Championship that has taken place since 1984. The tournament won the title of Champions League starting from 2018/2019. season. Until then, the name of the tournament was the UEFA Indoor Football Cup.
The richest team in the competition is the Spanish club “Inter FS”, which has triumphed in the tournament five times.
Teams from 52 UEFA member states took part in the tournament this season. Only three countries in Europe did not start in the UEFA Champions League indoor football – the Faroe Islands, Iceland and Liechtenstein.
The Latvian championship team “Raba” won one victory in the pre-race round, suffered two losses and did not qualify for the main round.
Indoor football is played with a smaller ball than in football, but in indoor football the ball is heavier and less springy. Each team has five players on the court at the same time, the players are used in shifts. The team has the right to replace the goalkeeper with a field player. The game lasts 40 minutes, in 20 halves of 20 minutes.
