Results
 

Vieze Vu (Hol)

5

V

3

FC Tiote (Eng)

BSP FC (Eng)

6

v

1

JK Silvertown (Eng)

 

We were at the 2017 Amsterdam Fives Cup Semi-Final stage and from 18 teams who started the day we were down to the final 4.

Up first was Vieze Vu versus FC Tiote. Vieze Vu were creating quite a stir around the venue as it was becoming apparent they could win both the Fives and the Sixes (as Toros). They were in the Semi-Finals of both competitions and had played virtually non-stop all day. They were showing great levels of fitness and they were also staying in the groove. In the Fives, they now had 4 wins and 2 draws from their 6 games.

FC Tiote had won 3, drawn 1 and lost 2 so far. Looking at these stats you would say they were the underdogs. They were arguably the underdogs last time out too when they accounted for Hamid Hammers. Could Vieze Vu be another prize scalp for FC Tiote?

These two teams had played earlier in the day in the final game of Group A. On that occasion, Vieze Vu won 6-2 and they were on the winning trail again here. Two first half goals from Tim Van Gelder put Vieze Vu in the ascendency and they never looked back. FC Tiote did come back into it after the break but they couldn't quite pull off a stunning come-back. There were two goals for Lewis Trevor taking his tournament haul to 7 and Alex Earle, a late replacement in the FC Tiote squad, added a third.

Tim Van Gelder completed his hat-trick in the second half (his fourth of the tournament) and Gijs Kok turned in goals #4 and #5. Final score, 5-3.

 
 
 

So, who would take their place in the Final from the second Semi-Final? The two teams set to do battle were BSP FC against JK Silvertown – guaranteeing English representation in the tournament finale.

In Cup Semi-Finals we often get cagey low-scoring and evenly-contested matches. The first Semi-Final on pitch A was the antithesis of this with a 8 goal thriller. This game followed the same pattern with 7 goals to savour. The gathering crowds watching on were certainly getting their money's worth.

Both teams were in a Cup Semi-Final at a eurofootballfives.com event for the first time. It looked hard to pick a winner but if you were going to be pressed you would probably go for BSP FC with 5 wins out of 6 so far today and also the mountain of goals they'd been scoring. BSP FC also had the better tournament goal difference coming into the game. However, JK Silvertown had just been Club Atlantico Nationale who, in turn, had defeated BSP FC back in the group phase.

It goes without saying that those stats meant nothing on the field here and the teams played out an entertaining first half. BSP FC had forged a 3-1 lead by the time the referee blew for the change of ends. The change of ends did not change the fortunes for JK Silvertown. BSP FC turned in 3 more goals to complete an emphatic 6-1 victory. On social media we have seen that JK Silvertown said “got our asses handed to us in the Semi-Final”. Compliments indeed to their opponents but a bit harsh on their own performance we thought.

For those keeping track of the top goalscorers, Alex Richardson was out in front on his own now with 4 goals in this game taking him to 19 for the day. Kyle McLellan and Zak Sandhu also boosted their tournament tally by a goal each.

Chris Wright scored JK Silvertown's final goal of the tournament to finish as his team's top marksman with 7 goals. Well done to him and all at JK Silvertown.

 
 
 
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