Tour de European playoffs: Czechia, Finland, and Ukraine


European leagues are nearing the end of the 2020/21 season. Let's take a look at some matches played on Sunday (25 April) in several European leagues.

The Czech Republic

In Prague's derby in the quarterfinals, Sparta got its second victory against Slavia after defeating their futsal and football rival on penalities. Sparta has a 2-1 lead in a best-of-five series, and the fourth match will be played on Wednesday, 28 April.

Slavia had a 2:0 lead at halftime after Daniel scored in 8' and 13'. Angelotti scored the first for Sparta in the last minute of the first half. With goals of Zaruba and Slama, Slavia had a 4:1 lead in the 24th minute of the match, but Sparta managed to score three in the last quarter of the regular half and secure overtime (Angelott 33', Brahimi 28', Maicon 39').

Brahimi scored his second in the 44th minute for Sparta's first lead, but Slavia managed to secure penalties in the last minute of the second overtime after Leovski's goal.
Spartan players were more precise in taking penalties and scored four, while Slavia players scored three.

VÝHRA ✅ Sparťané v neskutečné nabitém utkání dokázali vyrovnat, otočit a nakonec vítězí po penaltovém rozstřelu! Stav série 2:1. #zpatkydoboje

Objavljuje AC Sparta Praha futsalNedjelja, 25. travnja 2021.

Finland

Finland's seeded team in the regular season managed to secure the semifinals against the current champion Akaa after defeating Riemu 4:2 in the third match and won the series 2-1.
However, guests had a 2:1 lead at halftime after Etelapaa scored in 5th and the last minute of the halftime, while Kemi's captain Pikkaraiinen scored the only for the host. Riemu had a lead until the 34' when Tomić scored an equalizer, and Kemi managed to secure the playoffs in the last four minutes of the match with two Pikkaraiinen's goals, who scored a second hat-trick in two days against the same opponent.

😀 Mitalijahti alkaa ensi lauantaina! 😀 Tässäpä on eilisiä kuvia historiallisesta playoffpelistä. 😀 FC Kemi vs Riemu 4-2...

Objavljuje FC KemiPonedjeljak, 26. travnja 2021.

ToPV is the last semifinalist after defeating SoVo 6:4 and securing the matches against KaDy.

Ukraine

Uragan secured its place in the finals against Kherson after defeating KIT Kyiv in the fourth match 2:1 and won the series 3-1.