Luxol St. Andrews earned a point in a 4-4 draw with Loznica-Grad 2018 in the second match from Group 3 of the UEFA Futsal Champions League main round at the University Sports Hall on Friday.

Veve put Luxol ahead on 5 minutes but goals by Spasic on 10 minutes, Avramovic on 12 minutes, Janio on 14 minutes and Martins on 19 minutes handed the Serbian side a 4-1 lead. However, Luxol hit back with goals by Leanderson on 31 minutes, Celino Alves on 35 minutes and Veve just twelve seconds from time enabled them to level matters.

LUXOL Obradovic, Vitinho, Maikinho, Leanderson, Luiz Murad.
Subs: Marmara, Alves, Diece, Veve, Telisi, Castro, Borg, Rocha.

LOZNICA-GRAD Madruga, Aleksic, Matheus Isaias, Vulic, Janio.
Subs: Jovanovic, Zivanovic, Spasic, Avramovic, Martins, Redzovic, Cama, Polic.

In the first match on Thursday, Luxol lost 1-4 to Riga of Latvia.

Daniel Gleison put Riga ahead on 4 minutes and goals by Jhonata Silva and Bruno Coelho extended the lead with goals on 9 and 10 minutes. Bruno Coelho could have added another on 14 minutes but missed a penalty. However Vargas made it 4-0 on 18 minutes. An own goal on 24 minutes reduced the gap for Luxol but with four minutes to go, they had Jefferson Alves sent off.

RIGA Murnieks, Vargas, Jose Marquardt, Daniel Airoso, Bruno Coelho.
Subs: Labuts, Rimkus, Jhonata Silva, Kulepovs, Daniel Gleison, Mickevics, Kozlovskis, Claudino, Coes.

LUXOL Santos Costa, Vitinho, Leanderson, Luiz Murad, Jefferson Alves.
Subs: Obradovic, Celino Alves, Diece, Veve, Maikinho, Telisi, Castro, Borg, Rocha.

Luxol will be playing the last game on Saturday against Benfica. The latter defeated Loznica-Grad 2018 9-0 and Riga 6-1 in their first two matches.

Three teams qualify from the group to the Round of 16.

Photo courtesy of Luxol St. Andrews Futsal