Game
6 in Group D saw 1 st meet 2 nd as Maniche's Mean
Machine were looking to end a run of 5 successive
victories for Olympic Phil Babb in eurofootballfives.com
competition. It didn't look good as Chris Jarrett
put Olympic Phil Babb ahead and retained their
lead at half-time. The second half was a different
story though and Maniche's Mean Machine provided
a sting in the tail when Liam Dutson equalized.
There were no further goals as the game finished
1-1 and these two sides had consolidated their
position at the top of Group D leaving the others
to chase them down.
Top
Gun & Weasel had proved solid with two consecutive
goalless draws until they met Amigos da Loira.
The Portuguese team swept aside this fine defensive
record and raced to a 3-0 lead by half time. Ricardo
Fenneista was the first to get one past Alex Price.
Where he led, Anderson Nielo followed with the
second and David Dido a third. The second half
saw no further goals and the 3-0 win saw Amigos
da Loira jump from 5th to 3rd with Top Gun &
Weasel slipping to fourth.
CSF
Benfica had steadied the ship in their last game
but would now meet a buoyant Maniche's Mean Machine
following their point against Olympic Phil Babb.
They took this momentum into their game with CSF
Benfica as Liam Dutson opened the scoring before
a 1 st half double from Rich Allen. In the second
half Lee Burs on added a fourth and Liam Dutson
a fifth to round off the scoring in a comfortable
5-0 victory.
Olympic
Phil Babb were looking to get back to winning
ways after their last game draw. Top Gun &
Weasel were looking to be more solid after a game
to forget versus Amigos da Loira. It was a much
better performance from them and they had managed
to hold their illustrious opponents to 1-1 at
half-time. Joe Wille scored for Olympic Phil Babb
whilst Alun Chorlton had scored Top Gun &
Weasel's first of the tournament. The second half
was also close but the team hunting down the Group
D had just enough to edge past their opponents
thanks to a James Cooper strike. The win earned
Olympic Phil Babb the Group D title whilst Top
Gun & Weasel would be sweating on the result
of CSF Benfica versus Amigos Da Loira for their
fate.
CSF
Benfica would need a win to avoid the Wooden Spoon
and make the Plate to leapfrog Top Gun & Weasel.
Any other result and it would be Amigos da Loira
plus Top Gun and Weasel representing Group D in
the plate. CSF Benfica had yet to score so they
would need to break this duck in order to go through.
Michael Ofori did exactly this to build upon his
goals in the 2008 Krakow Trophy.
The
goal could not prevent a 2-1 deficit at half-time
as Anderson Nielo bagged both goals for Amigos
da Loira. Anderson Nielo completed his hat-trick
in the second half to virtually seal this game.
A fourth goal from David Dida completed the scoring
to secure a 4-1 win. |