Kairat Almaty and 2005 winners Action 21 Charleroi will play on Saturday for a place in April's UEFA Futsal Cup final four after second Elite round wins today while SL Benfica and two-time champions Interviú Madrid seem on a similar collision course in their pool.

Frantic end
Group B hosts Charleroi and Kairat, both of who played in one of the first two final four events, each won on Wednesday and repeated those victories today. Kairat are top on goal difference after defeating FK Era-Pack Chrudim 4-2. Tomáš Sluka gave the Czech side a fourth-minute lead but Pica Pau immediately equalised and Camara Sobral put Kairat in front at the break. The score remained 2-1 until a hectic final minute, which began when Kairat goalkeeper Gustavo took advantage of a desperate Chrudim attack to score. Lukáš Rešetár pulled one back but Giva struck at the death. Charleroi will need to beat Kairat at the weekend after ending KMN Gorica's hopes with a 2-1 victory.

Comfortable wins
Benfica are staging Group D in Lisbon and the 2004 runners-up overcame Israel's Hapoel Ironi Rishon Lezion 8-1. Pedrinho, Arnaldo, Rogério Vilela and Zé Maria gave Benfica a commanding 4-0 half-time lead. Oz Sabag reduced arrears but Pedrinho, Ricardinho, Arnaldo and César Paulo then struck for the Portuguese champions. Interviú, who beat Benfica in the 2004 final and defeated them again on the way to regaining the trophy in 2006, overcame Serbian team KMF Ekonomac Kragujevac 5-1. Betão opened the scoring in the third minute and Borja made it 2-0 at the break. After the interval Betão completed his hat-trick and his fellow Brazilian 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup winner Schumacher completed the victory after a Nikola Rnic consolation.

Decisive games
On Friday Interviú face Hapoel and Benfica encounter Gorica, while the second berth in the final four will be filled in Russia. Aiming to join compatriots MFK Dinamo Moskva in the showpiece, holders MFK Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg need only a home draw against FC Shakhtar Donetsk to clinch Group A and if Luparense Calcio A5 overcome Slov-Matic Fofo Bratislava in the earlier game, the Ukrainian side will require a two-goal win to pip the hosts.