Winning start for Luxol in UEFA Futsal Champions League main round mini-tournament

Luxol St. Andrews Futsal came from behind to beat Georgians Tbilisi 2-1 in match day 1 of the UEFA Futsal Champions League Main Round Group 7 mini-tournament at the Športová hala Arena in Lučenec, Slovakia on Wednesday.

Irakli Todua handed Tbilisi an early lead after two minutes but Celino Alves equalised eleven minutes later and with less than two minutes to go, Maikinho notched the winner for Luxol.

Luxol face Finnish side Akaa on Thursday and hosts Lučenec on Saturday. Lučenec defeated Akaa 5-2 in another match on Wednesday

Photo: Joe Borg

LUXOL Ederson Comper, Celino Alves, Maikinho, Emil Raducu, Jefferson Alves.
Subs: Clint Mifsud, Veve, Vitinho, Mark Zammit, Marwan Telisi, Jhonn Castro, Eric Pacato, Michael Borg, Lucas Da Conceicao.

TBILISI Bukia, Vilian Lourenco, Todua, Italo, Roniho.
Subs: Tkemaladze, Murskhvaliadze, Tophuria, Kekelia, Jvarashvili, Khechikashvili, Kurtanidze, Gabrichidze.