Luxol St. Andrews Futsal Club took an important step towards winning the FMA Enemed Futsal League 2025/26 Elite Playoffs after registering a convincing 5-1 victory over University of Malta Students Futsal Team in the opening match of the finals played at the National Sports School in Pembroke.

Luxol started the match in perfect fashion and opened the scoring early through Rodrigo Jose Da Silva Rodrigues. Shortly afterwards, Maicon Da Silva Gaiewski doubled the advantage to give his side a comfortable 2-0 lead at half-time.

In the second half, Nathan Cope made it 3-0, but University of Malta responded quickly through Andre Ciancio to get themselves back into the game.

However, Luxol continued to control proceedings and added two more goals through Rodrigo Rocha and Jefferson Breno Ferreira Alves to seal a 5-1 victory.

Despite the final scoreline, the UOM players produced a very positive performance and were unfortunate on several occasions after striking the woodwork multiple times throughout the match. The university side continued to show great character and determination against a highly experienced Luxol team.

Luxol now hold the advantage in the finals as the series will be played in a best-of-three format. The second match of the finals will take place on Friday 15 May.