Italy reach the quarter finals with the AGLA MEN

Italy destroyed Azerbaijan and finishes the first round as leaders of Group C. Next up they will face Croatia (Tuesday, February 4th at 18.00CET, live on Eurosport ) . The Azzurri of Menichelli has recorded a result of 7-0 against the squad of Alesio, eliminating them from the EURO and making up for their poor performance against Slovenia. Slovenia qualified at the expense of the Azerbaijanis. In the starting line-up were two AGLA-MEN. The goalkeeper MAMMARELLA, who celebrated his birthday and scored a goal, and MERLIM. Bomber FORTINO and HONORIO have scored a goal apiece. ERCOLESSI made an assist.

The first half ended 3-0 with goals by Saad, FORTINO who was assisted by ERCOLESSI and HONORIO who was assisted by Saad . In the second half there was also goals for the two goalkeepers, MAMMARELLA and Miarelli , completing the 7-0 after Vampeta scored from a pass by FORTINO and Lima had added a right foot volley. Now they meet unbeaten Croatia (Spain drew with them 3-3), with whom the Azzurri defeated 3-1 in the 3rd place playoff for 2012 Futsal Euro that took place in the home of the red and whites, earning third place and the bronze medal .

RESULTS AND STANDINGS

GROUP A:
Belgium - Romania 1-6 , 0-1 Romania - Ukraine , Ukraine - Belgium 0-0 TABLE: Ukraine 4 points, 3 Romania , Belgium 1 .

GROUP B:
Russia - Netherlands 7-1, Netherlands - Portugal 0-5, Portugal - Russia 4-4
TABLE: Russia, Portugal 4 points, Netherlands 0.

GROUP C:
ITALY - Slovenia 2-3 , 6-7 Slovenia - Azerbaijan , Azerbaijan - ITALY 0-7
TABLE: ITALY, Slovenia, Azerbaijan 3 points.

GROUP D:
Spain - Croatia 3-3, Croatia - Czech Republic 3-3, Czech Republic - Spain 1-8
TABLE: Spain 4 points, Croatia 2, Czech Republic 1.

SCHEDULE

QUARTER-FINALS

Monday, February 3rd

(A) 18.00 Ukraine - Portugal (Live on EUROSPORT)
(B) 20.30 Romania - Russia (Live on EUROSPORT)

Tuesday, February 4th

(C) 18.00 ITALY - Croatia (Live on EUROSPORT)
(D) 20.30 Slovenia - Spain (Live on EUROSPORT)

SEMIFINALS

Thursday, February 6th

18.00 WINNER A - WINNING C (Live on EUROSPORT 2)
20.30 WINNING B - WINNING D (Live on EUROSPORT)

FINAL

Saturday, February 8th

18.00 3rd Place Playoff
20.30 Final

Here are the thoughts of STEFANO MAMMARELLA, after the match with Azerbaijan to the site www.divisionecalcioa5.it, : "The goal is for the error of four days ago , now I'm back on form. With this victory, the national team has taken a great weight of its shoulders. We spent four days of hell. Against Slovenia we were not on the court, but today we saw how strong we are. Now we must understand that we should not underestimate anyone and be very concentrated for the quarterfinals. We've gone from hell to atonement, now we have the dream of getting to heaven. Hopefully we can get as far as possible. I dedicate the goal to my whole family who came here to celebrate my thirtieth birthday; there were nine of them including four kids. "

The views of MARCO ERCOLESSI to the Italian league site: "The two early quartets have given encouragement on the court. With Slovenia we were not on the court but today we showed ourselves. There was a lot of bitterness from the defeat against Slovenia, we managed to turn it into anger. "

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