AFC Shooters A (Eng)

0

V

0

Water Boy (Por)

Galacticos (Por)

0

V

0

Lacey Green FC (Eng)

Club Tropicana Drinks FC (Eng)

0

V

1

Kazakhstan FC (Eng)

 
 

With their first games under their belts it was Round 2 for all the teams in Group A and time to settle in to the tournament.

Water Boy is our longest-serving Portuguese team. Their first appearance, at the 2011 Algarve Open saw them finish 2 nd in their group behind (now) 3 times eurofootballfives.com winners Athletico Do Hollande. A 1-0 Cup Quarter-Final followed before losing in the Semi-Finals 5-1 to Cheesecake FC. In 2012, they proved just as strong winning their group which featured 2011 Krakow Trophy winners, Apsley House. In the Cup Quarter-Finals they endured a tough 0-0 versus Parry St Germain emerging victorious 3-2 on penalties. They then went out in the Cup Semi-Finals again, 4-0 to the eventual champions ManDem United. In 2013, they had a less successful group phase coming 4th out of 6 teams but in the knock-out stages found their form and went on to win the Plate competition beating Dutch team United Colours of Benetton 2-1 in the Final. The 2014 Algarve Open was their most successful tournament to date where they won Group A with 4 wins out of 5 before going all the way to the Final which they lost 2-1 to Stand Cristina.

AFC Shooters A had a much briefer eurofootballfives.com CV with this being just their second fixture…………and they were undefeated. The travelling team would remain undefeated it what was very closely contested encounter.

Half-time came and went with the teams locked at 0-0. Full-time came and went and the score was still 0-0. It was a second successive draw for AFC Shooters – a very solid start to the tournament. Water Boy consolidated their position as early Group A leaders.

 
 

Next up on Pitch A was Galacticos versus Lacey Green FC . Galacticos made their first eurofootballfives.com appearance at the 2014 Algarve Open. They had a group record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats which saw them finish third and qualify for the Plate competition. They were less successful in the Semi-Finals as Far Out FC accounted for them, 2-0.

They missed out in Round 1 so had one less game to prove themselves in Group A than the other teams. Lacey Green had begun the day with a 1-1 draw in their opening fixture.

Lacey Green played out their third consecutive drawn half as they reached half-time 0-0. A third consecutive drawn half became a fourth consecutive drawn half and it was goal-less again as defences won the day. Final score, 0-0.

 
 
 

To complete Round 2 we had Club Tropicana Drinks FC versus Kazakhstan FC. Club Tropicana Drinks FC were making it a hat-trick of appearances today. They debuted at the 2012 Valencia Fives where they were unlucky to miss out on the Cup with just 1 defeat and by goal difference to finish 3rd in their group. They then went all the way to the Plate Final but had to settle for Runners-Up medals as Deportivo defeated them to the title.

At the 2013 Barcelona Fives they continued their impressive on pitch performances as they won Group B (ahead of eventual winners Los Swallacticos). At the Quarter-Final stage they went down 2-0 to Melee FC (who also went on to reach the Cup Final). Could it be 3 rd time lucky for Club Tropicana?

Club Tropicana had already begun with 3 points to set them on their way. Their opponents Kazakhstan FC had slipped to a narrow 1-0 loss in Round 1. We were yet to see a goal in Round 2 of Group A and goals were conspicuous by their absence in the first half as the two teams reached the interval all square at 0-0.

In the second half, the game was to bear witness to a goal and when it arrived it came from Mick Little whose goal claimed all 3 points for Kazakhstan FC and earned them their first win of the day.

With the other four teams all drawing the 3 points for Kazakhstan FC was a huge boost for their chances in Group A.

 
 

Team

Pld

Won

Drawn

Lost

For

Agst

Pts

Water Boy (Por)

2

1

1

0

1

0

4

Club Tropicana Drinks FC (Eng)

2

1

0

1

3

1

3

Kazakhstan FC (Eng)

2

1

0

1

1

1

3

AFC Shooters A (Eng)

2

0

2

0

1

1

2

Lacey Green FC (Eng)

2

0

2

0

1

1

2

Galacticos (Por)

2

0

1

1

0

3

1

 
 
 
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