Castilla claim Regions' Cup titleOltenia AMA 1-2 Castilla y León AMACastilla became the second Spanish side to win the UEFA Regions' Cup after a late header from José Luis Robles gave them victory over Oltenia.
Crowning glory for retiring YepesCastilla y León coach Javier Yepes said "the dream is now reality" after bringing the curtain down on his 45-year career in perfect fashion with a 2-1 victory against Romania's Oltenia AMA in the UEFA Regions' Cup final.
Gorbunov takes Regions' Cup scoring prizePrivolzhie AMA's Aleksandr Gorbunov has been crowned the leading scorer in the 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup final tournament with four goals, the Russian striker finishing one ahead of Oltenia AMA's Mirel Adrian Sirbu.
Příhoda delighted with final chanceRadek Příhoda said he was looking forward to "the most important game in my career" after being chosen to referee the 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup final between Oltenia AMA and Castilla y León AMA in Zapresic on Monday.
Croatia carrying hopes of ambitious amateursThe UEFA Regions' Cup offers a variety of incentives to the different players at the tournament but for all of them, the same dream every amateur harbours – to play in a major international finals – has come true.
Regional rivals ready for finalSpain have the chance to become the second country to provide two winners of the UEFA Regions' Cup when Castilla y León AMA meet Romanian side Oltenia AMA in today's final from 20.15CET.
Captains confident ahead of Zapresic showdownOltenia AMA captain Nicolae Iovan and Castilla y León AMA skipper David Durantez agree that reaching UEFA Regions' Cup final is the peak of their amateur careers, but there is no consensus on the outcome of the game.
Contrasting reactions from departing regionsPrivolzhie AMA coach Dmitry Golubev and his Centre Zagreb AMA counterpart Sreten Ćuk were left with thoughts of what might have been after their teams joined four others in exiting the 6th UEFA Regions' Cup.
Patrascu glad to have survived hosts' onslaught Sorinel Patrascu was relieved that Oltenia AMA reached the UEFA Regions' Cup final after drawing with Centre Zagreb AMA, whose coach Sreten Ćuk thought the hosts should "have easily been 3-0 ahead by half-time".
Jadoulle relieved to hold off Region IKempen AMA coach Francis Jadoulle was happy his side held off a late surge from Region I AMA to win 2-1, while Slobodan Crnadak praised ten-man Savez Gradiška AMA after a 1-0 loss to finalists Castilla y León AMA.
Oltenia fight back to set up Castilla final dateOltenia AMA 1-1 Centre Zagreb AMAConstantin Alin Văcaru's second-half equaliser gave the Romanian outfit first place in Group A and a berth in Monday's UEFA Regions' Cup final.
Gorbunov strikes three in Privolzhie routBratislava AMA 0-5 Privolzhie AMAAlexandr Gorbunov scored a hat-trick and Ilya Egorov weighed in with two as Privolzhie earned a comprehensive win which was ultimately to no avail.
Kempen down Region I to claim bronzeKempen AMA 2-1 Region I AMAThe Belgian representatives won the duel for second place in Group B thanks to second-half goals from Thorsten Ubachs and Serkan Kocaslan.
Mato maintains perfect Castilla recordCastilla y León AMA 1-0 Savez Gradiška AMAAn early goal from Alberto Mato proved sufficient for the Spanish side to edge past Savez Gradiška and end Group B with a 100 per cent record.
Mundi happy to be keeping busyAlthough his side have lost both their Group A games so far, 21-year-old Bratislava AMA goalkeeper Andrej Mundi has shone in the 2009 UEFA Regions' Cup and admits he is happy to be in the thick of the action.