Finally, the futsal review that has been promised.

Beginning the review, Moldova faced Switzerland today in Turkey in a fiercely contested match. Moldova scored the only points in the first half, goals from Alexei Munteanu and captain Oleg Hilotii making it 2-0 in a matter of moments. Sergiu Tacot and Andrei Vicolaş then added two more for Moldova before the Swiss could even notch one in. When Yannick Raboud finally did score for the Swiss, the scoreline was already 4-1, a dismal predicament in any circumstance. Daniel Mohorovic then notched in a second with three minutes to go. David Meyer made it 4-3 with a minute left, a circumstance found in part due to the fact that Raboud missed a penalty in the 38th which would have been enough to equalise the two sides. No matter, Moldova ended up edging their opponents in a fascinating game. Also in Turkey, the Turks themselves played against the team from Montenegro in a match which ended badly, but resolutely. Turkey scored the only goal of the first half, a strike from Yasin Erdal making it 1-0 at the break. No matter, Montenegro equalised shortly into the second half thanks to Ilija Mugosa. Turkey then slotted in a flurry of goals in succession, a tally which could have been more had Erdal converted his penalty around the 35th minute. Burak Yıldırım began the onslaught in the 31st while Yasin Erdal and the captain Cihan Özcan made it a 5-1 route. The game, however, ended badly. Miloš Bošković of Montenegro and Mustafa Kurtay of Turkey both received red cards as the game ended. Meanwhile, in Greece's match with Armenia, neither side could actually get the advantage in either half or the game itself. Armenia's Armen Danielyan opened the scoring only to have Ioannis Delaportas equalise a minute later. The second half happened in the opposite manner, with Greece's captain Sokratis Mourdoukoutas scoring while Armenia's Khoren Zargaryan equalised to finish the game 2-2. The other Group B match, a blistering battle between Iceland and Latvia, finished with the Latvians barely in the lead. The first half would have shown otherwise, as despite opening the scoring thanks to Andrejs Sustrovs, Latvia then fell behind to be 2-1 down at the half with goals from Magnús Thorsteinsson and Thórarinn Ingi Valdimarsson putting Iceland ahead. No matter, Maksims Sens equalised for the Latvians before Gudmundur Steinarsson put Iceland in the lead once more: 3-2. Aleksejs Baranovs brought the Latvians level again before Igors Dacko put them into the lead for the first time in the game. Valdimarsson then equalised for Iceland to make it 4-4 until, with six minutes left, Latvia's Dmitrijs Jakovlevs put them ahead 5-4; a lead which they did not lose. Georgia v.s. Estonia meanwhile was a much more one-sided affair, with the Georgians actually showing the Estonians who is boss quite emphatically. Georgia's captain David Bobokhidze actually opened the scoring in the first minute with a fine effort that only helped the Georgians grow in confidence, leading to their second goal from Archil Sebiskveradze literally just seconds later. Sebiskveradze then notched on a third three minutes later to make it 3-0 with a lot of the first half still to go. Shota Chanukvadze then added his name to the scoring list, slotting home in the 11th to make it 4-0. Bobokhidze then closed the half with a fifth goal. He quickly completed his hat-trick in the beginning of the second half with a goal two minutes in. Sebiskveradze then completed his own hat-trick a couple minutes later to make it 7-0. Dimitri Makishvili closed the account with a 34th minute strike that put an end to Estonia's keeper, Mark Boskin, and his terrible night. England also had a bad day as they lost to Macedonia 3-1. The Macedonians began gingerly, scoring the only goal of the first half in the 8th minute. Darko Rangotov was the real power behind their attack as he scored two of the game's goals. Zoran Leveski slotted home to open the second half before Neil Morgan brought England one back. Macedonia had the last laugh though, as Thomas Obasi was ejected from England and Rangotov took advantage of this with only a minute or so to go to make it 3-1. Lithuania's match against Bulgaria was also dominated by one of the sides, despite Lithuania sinking the first two goals of the game within the first three minutes thanks to Virmantas Lemežis and Tomas Nemanis respectively. Bulgaria then fought back, equalising through Boris Trendafilov and Angel Ivanov Todorov before Justas Gulbinas and Boycho Marev scored for the respective sides to make it 3-3 at the half. This, however, is nowhere how the second half ended as Trendafilov scored another while Boycho Marev scored a pair more to complete his hat-trick to give Bulgaria an absolute advantage. Malta's showdown with France was another thing entirely as the French opened through Jonathan Chaulet and didn't look back. Alexandre Texeira, David Le Boette, and Kamel Hamdoud each put in valuable efforts while Glenn Bonello seemed to be Malta's only hope today, scoring the team's only goal as they were cast aside 1-6. Andorra's match with Israel was another good game; the Israelis actually scored the first half's only goal, thanks to Dimitri Shulkin. But Diogenes Lino Baptista, David Ferriz Gracia, Jonathan Perez Nuñez, and Oriol Anglora Pirot were the four players to each score a goal as Andorra ended up claiming victory over the Israelis after a brilliant second half performance. Finally, Norway's dismantling of the Republic of Ireland was also breathtaking as Thomas Klaussen and Stian Dagfinn Johnsen scored the first half's only goals which put Norway 2-0 up at the half. Stian Sortevik scored in the second as did Morten Ravlo and Erik Lundanes Jonvik to finish the game a resounding 5-0. Had Ireland been able to win by the number of cautions though, they would have run away as winners.