Kazakhstan's futsal club Semey lost to Spain's Barça 1:6 in the second round of the Champions League main round. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Kursiv Media.

In the mini-tournament held in the Slovak city of Lučenec, the Kazakh team started yesterday with a convincing 6:0 victory over the hosts.

Main round. Group 1. Round 2. October 29

⚽ BARÇA (Spain) – SEMEY (Kazakhstan) 6:1 (2:0)

Goals: Eric 06:04 (1:0), Igor 17:39 (2:0), Dedezinho 24:02 (2:1), Adolfo 26:13 (3:1), Mukhudin 27:09 (4:1), Eric 33:10 (5:1), Perez 39:05 (6:1). Pedrinho (S, 32) was sent off.

⚽ LUČENEC (Slovakia) – MINERVA (Switzerland) will finish later.

  • 01Barça – 6 (12:2), 2. Semey – 3 (7:6), 3. Minerva – 1 (1:6), 4. Lučenec – 1 (0:6).

Match report

The first goal in the match against the formidable Barcelona, known in futsal as Barça, was conceded by the Semey players themselves. In the 7th minute, Rodriguinho gave the ball away to Eric in a harmless situation, and he, as in training, opened the scoring past Igita. Ten minutes later, Barcelona's Igor Souza outmuscled Birzhan Orazov and doubled the lead from close range – 2:0.

Both before and after the break, the Kazakh team regularly created dangerous chances at the opponent's goal. In the 25th minute, quantity turned into quality. Dedezinho finished off his teammates' efforts – 2:1.

Encouraged by the success, Semey increased the pressure. Even Igita went forward. And, as has happened more than once, the ball after his shot rebounded to the opponent. Adolfo easily struck the empty net.

Soon Frenchman Souheil Mukhudin, getting ahead of Dauren Tursagulov, scored Barça's fourth goal, and Eric, completing a brace, the fifth – 5:1. By that moment, Brazilian Semey player Pedrinho had left the pitch for a second yellow card.

Trailing, the team coached by Sergi Altisent regularly played with five field players, but it brought them no success. Moreover, in the last minute, the opponents again struck our empty net – 6:1.

Upcoming matches

In the final round, Semey will play Switzerland's Minerva, while Barça will test Lučenec.

Kairat is also participating in the main round of the Champions League. The day before, the Almaty team, playing in Group 2, defeated Latvia's Beitar – 5:3.

According to the tournament regulations, three teams from the groups in which our clubs play advance to the playoffs. The clubs that take the first two places will be seeded in the playoff draw on November 4. They will play the first matches of the 1/8 finals (November 23 and December 4) away.

The quarterfinals will be held on February 8 and 19. The Final Four will be played at the Biel/Bienne Arena in Switzerland. The semifinals are on May 7, the final and the third-place match on May 9.