The Cup Quarter-Finals saw the elite 8 teams of the 20 team draw come head to head to see which team would emerge as 2011 Algarve Open champions. We had 3 nations still with a chance of grabbing glory so would it be England, Holland or Portugal celebrating at 5pm this evening?

The first Quarter-Final saw the defending champions meet RS Ocean Village FC. Athletico Do Hollande were a force to be reckoned with an no-one would want to play them at this stage of the tournament although nothing was impossible – just ask France's Luminy Wolves who were the strongest team in the 2011 Barcelona Fives but crashed out at this equivalent stage to Spain's Rapid Bosco Navas.

When John Longman put RS Ocean Village 1-0 up, the team from Southampton could well have been thinking a giant-killing was on the cards but sadly for them the Dutch showed just why they are the defending champions as they roared back and roared back in sensational style. The key was they got back on level terms quickly through Toufik Haddouchi. From there they moved into a 3-1 lead by half-time and extended that to 5-1 by full-time.

Toufik Haddouchi was the main assassin as he claimed four of the goals with John Hanst claiming the other and Athletico Do Hollande march on. We had to say farewell to RS Ocean Village FC who had had a great group performance but had a tough task in what proved to be their final game. We hope to see them in action again next season.

Cup Quarter-Final 2 saw Goldsmith Williams in action against Mysterious Dwarves. Goldsmith Williams had reached four successive finals in eurofootballfives tournaments and so were vastly experienced and more than competent at this stage of the competition. They remained unbeaten as they made, hitherto, serene progress through the draw.

Mysterious Dwarves were in their first quarter-final and aiming to do what DHL Prague Blue (Cze) and Arrows (Eng) had failed to do and win against Goldsmith Williams in a quarter-final. When the game got underway Liam Currie gave Goldsmith Williams a 1-0 lead in the first half and it looked like Mysterious Dwarves would also be unable to succeed to knock-out their opponents.

In the second half Goldsmith Williams pulled clear of the Mysterious Dwarves as Kevin Smith made it 2-0 and Liam Currie made it 3-0 with his 8th goal of the tournament. Goldsmith Williams were through but Mysterious Dwarves tournament was over.

On Pitch C we had the mouthwatering Quarter-Final of Redhill Rovers and Aguas Do Algarve to look forward to. The Group B winners were taking on the team who were already guaranteed to become Portugal's top participants in Aguas Do Algarve. The Portuguese were bidding to make it to the Cup Semi-Finals for the second successive season.

Could Redhill Rovers, on debut, prevent them matching last year's exploits? Things were going pretty well early on and the teams matched each other stride for stride. For long periods of this game the teams were level at 0-0 and it always looked like this game would be settled by the odd goal, Golden Goal or even go to penalties. All Aguas Do Algarve's games had been settled 1-0 whether in their favour or not and this one looked like going the same way.

So, which team would that one goal go to? If we say it was scored by Reimaldo Silheu you could take a fare punt it went to the Portuguese and you would be right. It was tough luck on Redhill Rovers who had made a great debut and we can see them going further than the Cup Quarter-Finals in future eurofootballfives events.

Who would meet Aguas Do Algarve in the second Semi-Final? Cheesecake FC and 9 Nana Budds would come together to decide who would have that honour. This was a tasty encounter and arguably the most closely matched on paper as Cheesecake FC were now 10 games unbeaten in our tournaments and they were playing a team with a tournament victory already on their CV in 9 Nana Budds.

Cheesecake FC had shown the stronger form in the group stages and they continued that form into this game as Wes Armstrong's second goal of the tournament gave them a 1-0 lead at the break. 9 Nana Budds had one half of football ahead of them to get back into this game and prolong their stay at the 2011 Algarve Open.

Cheesecake FC were in no mood to let their opponents back into this game and turned the screw on their opponents as Chris McDaid and Wes Armstrong again added to their tally. Jack Kennedy scored for the second game in a row for 9 Nana Budds but it was not to be enough as they went out 3-1. 9 Nana Budds had a tough tournament draw and we look forward to their next campaign…wherever that may be.

For the squad members of Cheesecake FC, their focus was very much on today and they were just two games away from potential glory.