Courtesy: Vital Football - York City


York City Futsal start well

York City Futsal finished second in the North East Futsal Cup after recording two victories from their three games on Sunday afternoon.

Under the leadership of Brazilian manager Junior Roberti and club skipper Daniel Pedras, their squad reveals a number of new arrivals, including Joao Costa and Fabinho Almeida (Portugal), in addition to goalkeeper Mattia Novello (Italy).

Meanwhile, former captain Mahiko Konishi (Italian/Japanese) remains for another season and is joined by one-time England international Demir Kurtovic.

Recent trialists Jack Overton and Lewis Elliott were also amongst the group for the four-club pre-season tournament in Gateshead.

City started with a 3-1 defeat to Middlesbrough, but then recovered to beat Durham by the same scoreline in their next game before overcoming Australian Futsal 4-1 in their final fixture.

York begin the league campaign with a visit to Nottingham Futsal Club next Saturday evening, with a 7.20pm kick-off at Rolls Royce Leisure.

Their first home game is against Liverpool at the University of York Sports Centre on 30th October (kick-off 2.00pm), while also competing against the likes of Derby, Manchester, Durham, Loughborough and Tranmere Rovers over the coming months.

York City Futsal: Florin Rotariu, Mattia Novello, Miguel De Vicente, Daniel Pedras, Joao Costa, Demir Kurtovic, Cory McLeod, Fabinho Almeida, Jack Overton, Dave Hall, Lewis Elliott, Ewan Minter


Posted by Luca Ranocchiari --> luca.ranocchiari@futsalplanet.com