Results
 

Red Star (Por)

2

V

4

Mini FC (Por)

 

It was Cup Final time in Portugal. After 75 games of football we came down to the most important of them all. Game 76, the match that would determine the 2019 Algarve Open Tournament champions.

The two teams on show were Red Star and Mini FC. Both teams had earned their places in the Cup Final one way or another.

Red Star

Played 7, Won 4, Drawn 1, Lost 2

Goal difference: +4 (9-5)

Top Scorer: Dino, Rui (3)

Clean sheets: 2

Games unbeaten: 4

Previous honours: Debut.

Mini FC

Played 7, Won 5, Drawn 1, Lost 1

Goal difference: +9 (13-4)

Top Scorer: Joao Simoes, 9.

Clean sheets: 4

Games unbeaten: 5

Previous honours: 2015 & 2018 Algarve Veterans winners

 

Often these finals can be close cagey affairs but this one had goals and plenty of them. There were three in the first half with Mini FC shading it. Joao Simoes scored both for Mini FC. He moved on to 11 goals for the tournament and earned the Top Goalscorer award – well done to him.

An Adriano goal kept Red Star in the hunt. It was a similar story after the break with Mini FC scoring twice more – through Pives and Pedro (not the Chelsea one!). Adriano had not scored in the tournament at all for Red Star but he popped up with a second in the show-piece game. Clearly a man for the big occasion. His goals though were merely consolation goals as Mini FC claimed a 4-2 victory.

 
 
 

The win puts Mini FC joint third in the all-time list of tournament winners:

5 – CIS Committee (Blr): Budapest Fives (2014), Bratislava Fives (2014), Prague Tournament (2016), Vilnius Tournament (2017), Amsterdam Sixes (2018).

4 – Olympic Phil Babb (Eng): Amsterdam Fives (2008), Algarve Open (2009), Prague Masters (2010) and Budapest Fives (2011)

3 – Athletico Do Hollande (Hol): Algarve Open (2010 and 2011), Amsterdam Fives (2014)

3 – FC Radbroke (Eng): Prague Masters (2011), Algarve Open (2013) and Mallorca Veterans Tournament (2017) as FC Mahou.

3 – L'Albliceleste/Grant Thornton (Fra): Mallorca Fives (2013), Riga Tournament (2016), Barcelona Fives (2017)

3 – Mini FC (Por): Algarve Veterans (2015), Algarve Veterans (2018), Algarve Open (2019).

2 – ABC United (Rom): Budapest Fives (2012) and Berlin Fives (2013)

2 – Goldsmith Williams (Eng): Prague Masters (2008) and Amsterdam Fives (2010)

2 – Lozenetz City (Bul): Prague Masters (2009) and Manchester Fives (2010)

2 – Rigford Seahawks (Eng): Krakow Trophy (2009) and Berlin Fives (2012)

2 – Skidmarks (Eng): Valencia Fives (2011) and Krakow Trophy (2012)

2 – JNJ Russia (Rus): JNJ Soccer Tournament Budapest (2013) and Krakow (2016)

2 – Cilag Team (Swi): JNJ Soccer Tournament Prague (2015) and Bratislava (2017)

2 – Budapest Celtic (Hun): Krakow Trophy (2013), Budapest Fives (2017)

2 – Saipan FC (Ire): Mallorca Tournament (2015), Lisbon Tournament (2018).

2 - 9 Nana Budds (Eng): Valencia Fives (2009), Algarve Open (2018)

2 – Policia Local de Palma (Spa): Mallorca Tournament (2011), Mallorca Veterans (2018)

Our sincere commiserations to Red Star who had come so close to a glorious debut but just missed out.

Our congratulations go to Mini FC – another eurofootballfives.com trophy in the cabinet!. Very well done to everyone involved!

 
 
 
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