The 2009 Barcelona Fives final would be contested between two teams on their eurofootballfives.com debuts – West 1 Three and Dynamo. These two sides had met in the group stage and battled out a 4-4 draw so the final was bound to be a close game.

If you were to pick a favourite you would probably go for West 1 Three as they were only a minute away from the Cup, had the better overall record in Group A and had led their opponents 4-2 in the aforementioned fixture. Dynamo though had just picked up two successive 3-0 wins and were growing into the tournament and just at the right time.

The final got underway and whilst the game was close it was also open and we were treated to three goals in the first half alone. It was Spanish side Dynamo that edged it through to Gary Moore and Jordi Serna. Osman Haider was on the scoresheet for West 1 Three with his fourth goal of the tournament.

As we went into the second half the next goal of the game was crucial. Should West 1 Three score it would be game on and extra time and penalties would be a distinct possibility. On the other hand if Dynamo were to score they would have one hand on the trophy.

Dynamo could put one hand on the trophy as they were the team to score the fourth goal of this final as Norberto put them 3-1 up. West 1 Three were not to be beaten though and they kept on battling until the end. Osman Haider scored again for them to make it 3-2 and gave West 1 Three hope of salvaging the game in the dying moments just as their opponents had done to them when they met in the group. It was not to be though and when the referee blew the final whistle to end the game it was Dynamo who emerged victorious. These two sides had given us great entertainment with 13 goals in two games.

Our congratulations to Dynamo on a fine victory in the Plate and our commiserations to West 1 Three who we are sure will pick up glory of their own in future eurofootballfives.com tournaments.

On the subject of glory, Gary Moore of Dynamo finished as top goalscorer in the tournament with seven goals. The first player from a team in Plate competition to win this award – a great achievement.