When CSF Porto took to the field against Olhanense the CSF were competing in their third Plate Final. In October 2007 they narrowly lost in the Prague Trophy but followed this up 6 months later in the 2008 Krakow Trophy with victory. Having missed out on a final in Barcelona in November they would be keen to give themselves an overall winning record in Plate finals.

Olhanense were no mugs though and featured a couple of players from the ‘Chelsea' squad in the 2008 Premiership In… Portugal . You may also recall these two sides met earlier in their very first game of the day when they trudged off after a 0-0 draw. You could therefore say these teams were evenly matched. Olhanense had played out four 0-0 draws in six games so with that in mind the first goal of this game was going to be even more crucial than usual in this final.

As a spectacle the game needed CSF Porto to score it and entice their opponents on the attack and open the game up. That is exactly what happened as Sean Jones put the CSF ahead in the first half. The CSF defence held firm and when the teams turned around they maintained their one goal lead.

As Olhanense pushed forward in the second half they left their defence a little exposed. That's all that the CSF needed to take advantage and Sean Jones bagged his second of the game and fourth of the tournament to put the CSF 2-0 up and claim the 2009 Algarve Open Plate trophy for the CSF.

The result was a second trophy in five outings for these veterans of eurofootballfives action. Congratulations to them and commiserations to Olhanense who had battled hard all day.