The elite eight became the final four as the 2008 Barca Fives reached the Cup semi-final stage. First up was the Yorvik Blades against Rapid Bosco Navas. In most of our tournaments it is the forwards who grab the headlines with their goalscoring exploits but in this tournament one of the main headline grabbers was the Yorvik Blades keeper Tom Edwards who had kept 5 consecutive clean sheets to date - a record number in eurofootballfives.com competition.

The Rapid Bosco Navas forwards had scored 9 goals in their 5 games so far and their forwards would have to be at their sharpest in this game to penetrate the Yorvik Blades back line. The game, as you may imagine, was a close one and there would be just one strike needed to settle it. The strike came from Juan Martinez Prieto as the Yorvik Blades resistence was eventually breached. Rapid Bosco Navas through to the final 1-0. This was particularly harsh on the Yorvik Blades who had only conceded one goal all tournament. A great tournament for them and if they were able to produce a few more goals going forward we are sure there is potential silverware for them at future tournaments.

Red Light Runners of Scotland and Uxama of Spain would battle it out for the right to contest the final with Rapid Bosco Navas. Red Light Runners had jumped out of the traps at a frightening pace winning their opening three games 7-0, 6-1 and 11-0. Their last two games they had been made to work hard, 2-1 v DHL Prague Red and 1-0 versus Hanson Vets. This game would be another stern test for the Red Light Runners who were looking to make it a deadly dozen - 12 wins out of 12 in eurofootballfives.com competition going back to April of this year. Uxama had been on the wrong end of the aforementioned 6-1 scoreline in the group phase but they had grown stronger since then and held the Scots to 0-0 at half-time.

The second half kicked off and it was Declan Doherty of the Red Light Runners who broke the deadlock. The lead did not last for long though as a ball over the top caught last defender Alan Ritchie the wrong side of the galloping Uxama forward. He had no option but to pull him back and give away a free-kick. This free-kick was thumped in by Oscar Linde Alvarez low and hard into the bottom left hand corner. At 1-1 the game looked like it may go into extra time but a fine move by the Red Light Runners including slick one-touch passing was finished off by Stephen Doherty. The goal proved decisive and the Red Light Runners were through, 2-1, and with it those 12 wins out of 12.