Results
 

FC Letcom (Swi)

0

V

1

TEDO3 (Hol)

Toros (Hol)

2

v

1

Cheesecake FC (Eng)

 

We were at the 2017 Amsterdam Sixes Cup Semi-Finals stage and from the 12 teams who signed up for the tournament we were down to the final 4. We had travelling teams from England and Switzerland looking to take the prized trophy on the return flight home. We also had 2 Dutch teams looking to keep the aforementioned trophy within the borders of the Netherlands.

 

The first Cup Semi-Final would be contested by FC Letcom and TEDO3. FC Letcom were the stand out team in Group A with a 100% record from their first 4 games. They then slipped up in their game but it was possible they may have taken their eyes off the ball as they had already qualified by that stage. They had scored 10 goals and conceded just 4.

 

TEDO3 finished second in Group B where they were unbeaten after 4 games (3 wins, 1 draw) but then also slipped up in their final game which was an astonishing result. TEDO3 had 4 clean sheets and were yet to concede in the tournament when they met Spider Mans & Eagle and conceded six! Could they regain their defensive solidity in time for the crucial Semi-Final?

 

The answer was – yes, they could. In fact both teams were very good defensively and there was nothing between them at the end of the first half. We remained level at 0-0.

 

In the second half it was TEDO3 who broke the deadlock thanks to a strike from Joris Vogel and what an important strike it was. It proved to be the only goal of the game. TEDO3 picked up their 5th clean sheet and marched on to the Cup Final.

 

The day was over for FC Letcom on the pitch at least. It was a great debut and on another day they could easily have gone a step further into the final.

 
 
 

So, who would take their place in the Final from the second Semi-Final? The two teams set to do battle were Toros against Cheesecake FC.

 

Toros were on debut and breaking new ground. Cheesecake FC were seasoned veterans in our tournaments and were playing in their 7th eurofootballfives.com Semi-Final. In the previous six they had won 2, drawn 2 and lost 2. Of the two drawn Semi-Finals they won 1 of their penalty shoot-outs and lost the other. They had 3 appearances in finals winning the Plate at the 2013 Mallorca Tournament and the Cup at the 2014 Mallorca Tournament.

 

This game promised to be quite a match-up. Toros had just reached the Cup Final in the 2017 Amsterdam Fives (as Vieze Vu) so were looking to make the second final of the day. The Vieze Vu team stepped into the shoes of Toros who were a no-show. The first game was conceded as a walkover but since then they had won all four games on the field of play. Toros were our top goalscorers with 21 goals scored so far. Cheesecake FC reached this stage after finishing second in Group B. They had 3 wins from their 5 games.

 

It was Toros who made the initial breakthrough with Tim Van Gelder continuing his rich vein of form in front of goal. Across the Fives and the Sixes tournaments he would go on to score 24 goals today. His goal here gave Toros a 1-0 lead at half-time.

 

Tim Van Gelder was on target again in the second half for the Dutch as was Justin Rees for Cheesecake (his fourth of the tournament) so we entered the final stages of the game with Toros holding a slender 2-1 lead. The lead may have been slender but it was sufficient as Toros held on and booked their place in the Cup Final.

 

We had to say farewell to Cheesecake FC – they were on tour for the stag weekend of Mark Hignett. Many congratulations and best wishes for your wedding (we hope you got back from Amsterdam in one piece!).

 
 
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