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Sporting Futsal heads for Italy

By Jornal Sporting
10 Oct, 2016
Futsal

Alvalade stars to take part in UEFA Futsal Cup Main Round

Caio Japa and Miguel Albuquerque, head of Sporting's futsal department, broke off from the pack heading to Italy for a few moments today, to affirm Sporting's intentions of claiming European silverware.

Nuno Dias' squad are in Group 5 Along with Bosnia's Centar Saravejo, Belgium's Halle-Gooik, and Italy's Real Rieti.
 
Caio Japa was the first to take the microphone, focusing straight away on Wednesday's opener against Centar Saravejo. "We don't know a lot about Centar Saravejo, but we know they have some good quality foreign players. We will take it one step at a time and we can't win the competition if we don't get past the Main Round first", said Japa, adding a word on the rest of the opposition: "Both Halle-Gooik, who are the Belgian champions, and Real Rieiti, who finished second in Italy, are really good sides. We are in the hardest group, but we know that we have what it takes to get through."
 
Miguel Albuquerque also laid out Sporting's hunger for trophies, while keeping the hype to a minimum: "We are really ambitious, but we can't let ourselves get obsessed. This is a squad that is used to winning titles and the players know what responsibilities playing for this club brings."
 
Sporting will open against Centar Saravejo at 17h00 on Wednesday, in the Palapaternesi Arena in Foligno, Italy.

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Sporting CP in UEFA Futsal Cup 'group of death'

By Jornal Sporting
07 Jul, 2016
Futsal

Futsal director Miguel Albuquerque on a tough UEFA Main Round draw

Sporting CP will again take part in the UEFA Futsal Cup this year, this time playing in the Main Round from the 11th to the 16th of October. The competition draw has put Sporting in Group 5, along with Belgium's Halle-Gooik, Italy's Real Rieti and the winner of Qualification Group D (Centar Saravejo, Istambul Universitesi SK, Lynx FC, or FC Baltija).

The two top teams will move into the Elite Round, along with the automatically qualified Inter FS, Ugra, Kairat Almaty and Dinamo.  

Miguel Albuquerque, head of Sporting's futsal department has already responded to what has been dubbed the 'group of death': "It wasn't a nice draw for us and it is a hard group. We will face the Italian runner-up, who are one of the best teams in the country, the Belgian champion, who reached the Elite Round last year, and the winner of Group D, who will be a good team too. However, we want to reach the Final Four and to of course win it."

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