Onto the 2009 Barcelona Fives Final and the remaining two teams were set to do battle in front of the gathering galleries of spectators. The watching fans were treated to a classic and one of our most tense and feisty finals ever.

In a tournament that had been so close and with goals in the Cup knock-out stages at a premium we were treated to two first half goals to enjoy. The first of those goals came from the Bloomberg FC goalscoring machine Alex Tsirigotis with his fourth of the tournament and providing half of Bloomberg's goals in the competition. It was advantage Bloomberg.

That lead was relatively shortlived though and we were back on level terms before half-time when Anglo Knights own goal machine Tim Heeman brought the teams level. In an act of perfect symmetry the goal was also Heeman's fourth of the competition and meant he had also provided half of his team's goals. The score at half-time was also showing perfect symmetry at 1-1.

A second half that was becoming more and more tense as the prospect of glory came ever closer for the next team to score was apparent was ultimately destined to finished with no further addition to the scoreline. We now faced Golden Goal extra-time. This was new territory for Bloomberg FC but Anglo Knights had been here before in their Quarter-Final against the Black Sheep. On this occasion, as in that quarter-final, the Golden Goal was nowhere to be seen and two halves of goal-less extra time meant this game would go to penalties.

We had seen a penalty shoot-out in the 2008 Prague Masters Plate Final but never in a Cup Final – this was a eurofootballfives.com first and what a way to decide the destination of a tournament. After the toss of the coin it was decided that Bloomberg FC would get the penalty shoot-out underway.

The first two penalties were a tale of two crossbars. Paul Smillie stepped up and crashed the ball against the underside of the bar, back down behind the line and no need for a Russian linesman. A fiercely struck penalty to put his side 1-0 up. John Moorhouse would then step up and crash his penalty against the bar too. This time though the penalty struck the top side of the bar and rebounded high into the air.

You may recall in the quarter-finals Anglo Knights missed their first penalty in the shoot-out before going on to win. However, that time the Black Sheep also missed and they were 0-0. This time round they were 1-0 down and shortly to become 2-0 when Adam Sadiq slotted home. David Pros stepped up to reduce the deficit to 2-1 with the first successful Anglo Knights penalty of the final.

The next hero was to become Jordi Arragones. A third successful penalty would have won the final for Bloomberg FC but a well-struck penalty hit straight down the middle was saved by the feet of Arragones as he dived to his right. It was game on again although the game was not yet saved. Anglo Knights required top goalscorer Tim Heeman to convert his penalty to take us into sudden death. He found the top right hand corner and we were level at 2-2.

Sudden death and this final was already an epic. Up stepped Virat Chopra for Bloomberg who also chose the top right hand corner. A combination of Arragones left hand and the woodwork prevented the ball crossing the line and Anglo Knights now had their first opportunity to put this game to bed.

Kenneth Perez was the man who stepped up to the penalty spot. He slipped slightly on contact but got enough of the ball to send it powerfully down the middle and crashing into the back of the net. And with that the destination of the 2009 Barcelona Fives trophy was decided.

The winners of the 2009 Barcelona Fives – Anglo Knights.

After such a fiercely contested final it was great to see the two teams shake hands and congratulate each other once the referee blew his whistle for the last time of the day.

Our congratulations to all the teams who participated in what was a great day's competition. We look forward to seeing you all again very soon whether it be in Barcelona again or one of our many other great tournament destinations.