Alonso's pride in determined Interviú

Interviú Madrid coach Juan Luis Alonso praised his players for a professional job after they struck five without reply against Kairat Almaty to reach Sunday's UEFA Futsal Cup final with hosts and holders MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg. The Spanish side were last in the final in 2007, when they lost to MFK Dinamo Moskva in the dying seconds in Murcia, and Alonso admitted that defeat – which preceded his reign – was a huge motivation. Kairat's João Carlos Barbosa backed keeper Gustavo despite the five conceded goals.

Juan Luis Alonso, Interviú coach
We deserved to win today. I'm extremely happy to keep a clean sheet. It was important to keep them out for the first five minutes. It was an objective for our club to be here this year. Since the final in Murcia, we have been looking forward to winning this trophy again, we are highly motivated to win. We put on a very professional display today. I'm very proud of my players. Our first two goals made the game very easy for us, they have had to risk a lot more and we could play on the counterattack.

João Carlos Barbosa, Kairat coach
We knew that playing against Interviú was going to be very difficult. We missed many chances, but also their goalkeeper was amazing. Interviú did well and took their chances. They fully deserve their victory. We will try to do our best on Sunday in the third-place match. It is very hard to lose 5-0, but now I will talk to my players and I will motivate them for the next match. Despite the goals, I have not lost my faith in my goalkeeper: I fully trust Gustavo.