2008 Krakow Trophy champions, Red Light Runners, began their campaign to be the first team to win two eurofootballfives.com tournaments against 3 Lions FC. 3 Lions FC were making their debut and could not have had a tougher game to start with – this was truly a baptism of fire. Red Light Runners continued from where they left off in Krakow and stormed to an easy 7-0 victory. David O'Connell (2), Stephen Doherty (2) and Declan Doherty (3) all getting their names on the score sheet. Normal service resumed for the Scottish team.

DHL Prague Red, runners-up in the 2008 Prague Trophy Plate, met eurofootballfives.com debutants Hanson Old Boys in their opening fixture. The Czech side into their rhythm early as Adeogun Oluwatosin scored their first of the tournament before goals from Dan Findley and Stephen Parry completed a 3-0 win.

Hanson Old Boys had the chance to bounce back from their opening game defeat in the next Group C fixture against Uxama of Spain. The Old Boys found themselves in a similar sticky position though as they again conceded 3 without reply. Oscar Linde Alvarez, Mario Rujo Camello and Algano Castrillo Baza sharing the goals around. A tough task lay ahead for the Hanson Old Boys in this group whilst Uxama were looking forward to game two with three points already in the bag.

When we say ‘looking forward to game two' that was probably before they looked at the fixture list and realised they were playing Scotland 's Red Light Runners. The Red Light Runners made it 2 from 2 in Barcelona and 8 from 8 overall in eurofootballfives.com competition as they dismissed Uxama with ease. Stephen Doherty bagging an incredible 5 goals plus Alan Ritchie 's first of the tournament saw them cruise to a 6-1 win. Javier de Diego with the consolation for Uxama.

DHL Prague Red continued their solid start in Group C with a 1-0 victory over 3 Lions FC. Rupert Baltrock scored the goal that secured all three points whilst Ilia Kreys in goal kept a second clean sheet. 3 Lions FC still without a goal and a point in this group although this was a much better showing as they were slowly finding their feet in European competition.

The third match for 3 Lions FC proved third time lucky. Alex Mott scoring the 3 Lions' first goal of the tournament before Chris Dixon made sure of all three points with a crucial second. They will have been pleased to have broken their goalscoring and points duck. This result though was at the expense of Hanson Old Boys who had now lost three out of three with the dubious honour of facing Red Light Runners in the final game.

The next game saw Uxama of Spain with 3 points take on DHL Prague Red of the Czech Republic with six points, a 100% record and still to concede a goal. Uxama blew that record out of the water and shattered the Czech's defensive record. The Spanish were on fire as they bounced back from 6-1 defeat in their previous game to record a 6-2 win in this game. Rupert Baltrock and Dan Findley scored for DHL but a hat-trick from Algano Castrillo Baza, a brace from Javier de Diego and a final goal from Perran Mur Izquierdo meant the three points would belong to the Spanish team.

Only the brave would watch the next game as Hanson Old Boys came up against Red Light Runners. For the English to take anything from this game would require a monumental effort and if this was the FA Cup we would be using clichés such as “David versus Goliath” clash, this isn't the FA Cup, this is the Barca Fives and as such we shall spare you the clichés. The game went as you may have expected although the final scoreline is a little harsh on the Hanson Old Boys who put in a great effort but were ultimately outgunned. Stephen Doherty (2), Declan Doherty (4), Alan Ritchie (2) and Michael Clarkson (3) helping themselves and boosting their personal goal scoring records.

The Red Light Runners came into their final group game with 9 points and a goal difference of plus 23. DHL Prague Red had just had a hiccup against Uxama so you would be forgiven for thinking this would be a one-side game. Not a bit of it though as the Czech team made Red Light Runners work hard for victory and gave them a real run for their money. The game finished 2-1 to Red Light Runners but they knew they had been in a game and captain Alan Ritchie heaped praise on DHL Prague Red after the game. His goal and Stephen Doherty's 10 th of the tournament saw them safely home though. Dan Findlay with the goal for DHL Prague Red.

The result meant that DHL Prague Red finished 3rd in their group and would have to compare their record with the teams finishing 3rd in Groups B and C. To their agony, they were edged out of the Cup into the Plate by their compatriots, DHL Prague Blue.

The final game of the Group saw Uxama and 3 Lions FC come face-to-face both on the back of victories. Uxama had proved the stronger side overall thus far and so they proved it in this game with a 2-0 victory which saw them finish second in the group. Algano Castrillo Baza and Javier de Diego with the goals. 3 Lions FC could find no cutting edge and failed to find the net. They would have to settle for 4th place in Group C and they would continue their tournament in the afternoon Plate competition.

Cup: Red Light Runners and Uxama.

Plate: DHL Prague Red, 3 Lions FC and Hanson Old Boys.