Going into the final round of games there were 3 teams who all had a chance of reaching the Cup competition. One of those teams, The Blackouts, was already confirmed. Sergio Cristina and The Warriors would battle it out for the final position. Sergio Cristina were in the driving seat with points on the board. The Warriors would need 4 points out of 6 if Sergio Cristina were to lose their final game (3 if goal difference swung enough). The Warriors may need all 6 points and if Sergio Cristina were to win it would come down to goal difference.

This was not a dead rubber for The Blackouts though – a point would guarantee the Group B win. There was not only the honour, achievement and glory in this but a theoretically easier Cup Semi-Final was also on offer. The Blackouts looked on course for achieving that goal when Andy Gilligan put them ahead in the first half.

The Warriors realistically needed to grab a draw in this game to give them a real chance of making the Cup but with The Blackouts conceding just 1 in the tournament to date this was to be a mammoth task. In the end it was a task that was beyond The Warriors today as they slipped to a 1-0 defeat.

Many congratulations to The Blackouts on winning their group for the second time in as many tournaments.

Sergio Cristina and Water Boy met on Pitch A with the two teams only really needing a draw to secure their place in the Cup and Plate competitions respectively. It was perhaps no surprise then to see the two teams reach half-time at 0-0. There was no question of the two teams playing for the draw though as was evidenced in the second half.

Water Boy only needed 1 point to go level with Dickie Dogs on 4 points but they would finish 4th and qualify for the Plate on goal difference. A win for Water Boy would possibly see them finish 3rd if The Warriors were to lose their final game and goal difference swung in the Portuguese team's favour.

A win was on the cards when Bruno Prazeres, making his debut for Water Boy in eurofootballfives.com competition, put his team 1-0 up. This was a potentially disastrous situation for Sergio Cristina as they were now vulnerable to The Warriors overtaking them in second position.

As things got better and better for Water Boy, they got worse and worse for Sergio Cristina. 1-0 became 2-0 through Pedro Vilheno and 2-0 became 3-0 through Vilheno again. Goal difference could still be a crucial factor and every goal was damaging to the Sergio Cristina cause.

It finished 3-0 to Water Boy and all eyes were now on the final game…

The final game of Group B was The Warriors versus Westfield Wanderers. The result above meant that a win for The Warriors by a 2-goal margin would see the English team move into second and qualify for the Cup. Westfield Wanderers could potentially move up to 5th with a win but they knew this would be their last game of the day as the Plate qualification mark was 6 points and the best they could do was 4 points.

Westfield Wanderers were doing their countrymen no favours as Sam Gurner put his side 1-0 up. It had been a fine morning for him as this was his fourth strike of the day. At half-time, it remained 1-0 and The Warriors hopes of qualification for the Cup were fading – it was advantage Sergio Cristina.

In the second half they needed to score 3 unanswered goals as things stood but the next goal of the game would go to Westfield Wanderers. It was Sam Gurner again who found the net and his tally of 5 goals matched his haul from the Mallorca Tournament in 2014 and took him into double figures for eurofootballfives.com goals.

That goal really meant the end for The Warriors chances of the Cup – with time running out and the need to score four goals they were unable to breach the Westfield Wanderers defence and lost 2-0. The consolation in defeat was they had done enough over the group phase to reach the Plate and a chance of silverware was still on the cards.