Futsal Cup final four dates confirmed
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
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The dates for the UEFA Futsal Cup final four in Ekaterinburg have been confirmed with the semi-finals on 24 April, the decisive matches two days later, and the draw held in the Russian city on Saturday 28 February.
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The UEFA Futsal Cup final four at the Ekaterinburg Palace of Sport will run from 24 to 26 April with the draw to be held in the Russian city on Saturday 28 February.
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Cup holders MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg are hosting the finals, and will be up against compatriots MFK Dinamo Moskva – who staged the 2007/08 event as reigning champions – two-time winners Interviú Madrid and Kairat Almaty. In the draw, which will follow Viz's Russian Super League game with TTG-Ugra Yugorsk at the Palace of Sport at the end of this month, the four sides will discover their semi-final opponents for Friday 24 April, with the final and third-place match two days later.
Domestic form
On the domestic scene, Viz currently lead Dinamo by eight points in the Russian Super League though the capital club have two games in hand. Both were in Russian Cup action on Sunday, Ekaterinburg winning the home leg of their semi-final against Yugorsk 5-1 but Dinamo losing 2-1 to visitors MFK Tyumen. The returns are on 23 February. Interviú are three points clear of FC Barcelona in Spain with a game in hand, while two games into the second, decisive, stage of the Kazakhstan championship Kairat maintain the four-point lead over Aktyubrentgen Aktobe they held following the first part of the season having defeated Tulpar Karagandy 6-3 and 7-3.
