Group D kicked off with our first ever competitors in eurofootballfives.com competition from France. Hailing from Marseille, Luminy Wolves would meet Pechakali of Spain in their opening contest. They took to our tournaments like a duck to water and a goal in each half was good enough to earn them their first 3 points. Pechakali battled hard but the skill, power and strength of the French team was too much. Mehdi Yousfi scored the first of the day with Allan Gosselin scoring the second.

Kings Old Boys and Arrows were both looking to emulate Luminy Wolves by kicking their tournament off with victory. It was Arrows who drew first blood through Joe Heath. In the second half 1-0 became 2-0 when Jordan Park found his way to goal before Jim McNama completed the scoring in a 3-0 victory.

Kings Old Boys next game was against Luminy Wolves and we were treated to an 11 goal thriller. There were 7 goals in the first half alone with Luminy Wolves edging the scoring 4-3. It was a stunning performance from Kings Old Boys and no-one probably quite realized just how good this performance was at the time. The French team would concede in only two games throughout the entire tournament (including this one) and no more than in this half of football. It was always going to be difficult to sustain such a performance over the full game and in the end Luminy Wolves pulled away in the second half to win 8-3. Martyn Kent (2) and Danny Bell could be proud of their goalscoring exploits for the English team. For the men from Marseille they could thank Mehdi Yousfi for a hat-trick, Hugues Blanc and Allan Gossellin fired two goals each plus a strike from Anthony Balzano.