Group C began with Bafta Boys versus Parry St Germain. Bafta Boys made their debut in Germany last June. It was an impressive debut as they won their group with 4 wins and 1 draw. A win on penalties against 2007 Krakow Trophy champions, Northern Monkeys, followed in the Quarter-Finals before an exit on penalties to Shrewsbury Townsend in the Semi-Finals. They also boasted the tournament's top goalscorer Joe Bardwell who scored 14 goals on the day.

Parry St Germain make their 4th eurofootballfives.com appearance and 2nd Algarve Open appearance after a debut in the October 2007 Prague Trophy. Back in Prague they entered 3 teams under the names of England Lions, Brazil United and We Are Messi. The latter two squads reaching the Plate and Cup Semi-Finals respectively. They followed this up with 2 squads at the 2011 Barcelona Fives under the names of Preston Youth and Preston OAPs. The OAPs won their 5-team group (which included 2009 winners Rapid Bosco Navas) before a Quarter-Final defeat to eventual winners Equipo A of Spain whilst the Youth team reached the Plate Semi-Finals. Last year in the Algarve they finished in their group behind the eventual Runners-Up before going out on penalties in the Quarter-Finals to Water Boy of Portugal.

It was a tough opening game and honours were even in a 0-0 draw.

The next game in Group C was an all-Portuguese affair between two teams making their debut so it's difficult to preview the game in too much detail. However, our local expert on Portuguese amateur football suspected that Sao Pedro were the strongest of the Portuguese teams in the tournament. We would see if he was right.

Joao Lopes' early goal helped validate this opinion by giving Sao Pedro a 1-0 first half lead. Our local expert avoided egg on his face as Sao Pedro proved him right a second time (Oscar Teixeira) and a third time (Joao Lopes again). The game finished 3-0 and it was a great start for them.