Group B kicked off with Spain versus England as Club Esportiu Llefia took on Freshers FC on pitch B.

Both these teams were on debut and as such had a blank canvas upon which to paint their footballing artistry. It was an entertaining game full of goalmouth action and plenty of highlights – this would surely have been the first game on Match of the Day had Gary Lineker and his crew brought the BBC cameras.

The first half was relatively sedate with just the one goal and it went to the home side – Alfred Jimenez De Andres with the goal to separate the two teams. After the break the goals flowed like cash from brown envelopes at FIFA (allegedly) as Alfred Jimenez De Andres added to his tally and there was also a goal Alberto Martin Montes for the Barcelona based team. Freshers FC were also freely finding the net with Oliver Rossiter claiming a fine hat-trick on debut.

Freshers FC also hit the post 3 times and could perhaps claim a moral victory although the history books would record this result as a 3-3 draw. It was a cracking start to Group B.

FC Sharks of England were next in action against Prospe FC of Spain. FC Sharks were the third team from the FC Dad and FC Maroon stable and it was the first time this travelling group had entered a third squad into eurofootballfives.com competition and we looked forward to see how they would get on. Prospe FC were making their second appearance at the Barcelona Fives (more on them later).

The second game in Group B was very much in line with the first with a keenly contested fixture and goals aplenty to enjoy. It was Prospe FC who struck first but FC Sharks would get back on level terms to enter half-term all square at 1-1. In the second half Prospe FC regained the lead for 2-1 but found themselves pegged back to 2-2.

Prospe FC took the lead for the third time and just when they thought it was safe to go back into the water…errr…dressing room, FC Sharks bit back for 3-3 and ensure the points were shared in an epic 3-3 draw.

For Prospe FC there was a double for Carlos Perez and a goal for David Pujol. For FC Sharks, Andy Spafford scored their first goal in Europe before later adding a second and there was also a goal for Joe Cridland.

FC Atwood was the final team to get their campaign started when they took on Club Esportiu Llefia. After two 3-3 draws this game had a lot to live up to but there was also a high reward to the victor with 3 points on offer and an early lead of Group B up for grabs.

We had already seen Club Esportiu Llefia in action and you often see the team who has already played start faster than the team playing their opening fixture – it was not the case here. FC Atwood raced out of the blocks to forge ahead through James Bowden and claim their first European goal.

In the second half Club Esportiu Llefia restored parity when Carlos Perez Tornay made it 1-1. This game would end in controversy though as the winning goal was much disputed and correctly so. In eurofootballfives.com tournaments we play to 11-a-side rules (with some exceptions) and that includes the pass-back rule which means the goalkeeper can not pick-up a ball played back to him by the feet of a team-mate. This is what happened in the second half here and whilst FC Atwood awaited the free-kick play was allowed to go on and in the same move Carlos Perez Tornay scored what proved to be the winner.

There was to be some confusion in the exact turn of events largely due to a language barrier, different viewpoints and messages passed but we sent our head translator to speak to the referee who was bold enough to admit that he had made a genuine error and he apologised for this. We add our own apologies to FC Atwood although apologies do not change the fact that the annals of history will show this as a 2-1 defeat when they should have had the opportunity to play out the final stages from a position of 1-1.

Game 4 saw Freshers FC take on FC Sharks. Both teams had taken a 3-3 draw from their opening game and in the process score their first eurofootballfives goals and register their first eurofootballfives point. They would look to build on that and record their first eurofootballfives victory.

It was Freshers FC who forged ahead in this one with Toby Porter opening his account for the day. This may be a bit obvious to say but the first goal in these games often prove crucial in determining the final score but FC Sharks had shown first time out they had the ability to respond from going behind – they did it 3 times versus Prospe FC. If they were to come from behind in this one they would need to recover a two goal deficit as Toby Porter struck again to make it 2-0 to Freshers FC at the break. With Oliver Rossiter bagging a hat-trick in their first game was a second Freshers FC hat-trick in the offing?

After the turnaround Freshers FC eased away from their opponents. Joe Trigg made it 3-0 and his goal probably ended any hopes of FC Sharks getting anything from this game. There was still time for Matt Owen to put the icing on the cake and wrap up a superb 4-0 victory.

Although early days, it guaranteed Freshers FC a share of the lead of Group B at the half-way stage.

To take us to half-way in Group B we had game 5 which saw Prospe FC take on FC Atwood.

Prospe FC (Spa) made their Barcelona Fives debut just 12 months ago and they started superbly. They won their first game 1-0 against the Matt-adors and never looked back. A 5-0 win over Red Cow Belgrade followed as did 3-0 and 4-1 wins over Peebles All-Stars and Fifty Shades of O'Shea to finish Group C with a 100% record. The Cup Quarter-Finals beckoned but they went down 2-0 to Liverpool Central. It had been a slower start today with them already held to a draw in their first game despite leading 3 teams.

FC Atwood were looking to bounce back from opening game disappointment both in terms of result and in a crucial refereeing decision. The two teams played out the first half here without major incident and it was stalemate, 0-0, at half-time.

We were to get goals in the second half – three of them in fact. It was Ross Mackenzie who wrestled this game into his team's favour by bagging all three to cap a final personal performance with a hat-trick and a fine team performance with all three points. FC Atwood had bounced back superbly and were neatly tucked in 3rd place in the group – just 1 point off the leaders.