Results
 

KLM (NL)

1*

V

1

Bracknell Vets (Eng)

PVDC Eindhoven (Eng)

1

v

0

FNV (NL)

Footballab (Spa)

1

V

3

FC Dad (Eng)

Cranwell (Eng)

5

V

2

RAF Fylingdales (Eng)

* KLM (NL) won 2-1 on penalties

 
 

We kicked off the knock-out phase with the Trophy competition. This was a fantastic opportunity for the teams finishing 5th and 6th in the morning group phase to turn their fortunes around and walk away with a trophy.

KLM (NL) were first up against Bracknell Vets (Eng). KLM had started the day superbly with 4 points from their first 2 games. They had then slipped to 3 successive defeats. In contrast, Bracknell Vets had suffered a heavy opening defeat (admittedly to a very good Greek team) before recording 2 draws and 2 narrow defeats. The first game aside, they had been competitive throughout.

It was KLM who struck first in this contest thanks to Max Van Doeveren's second of the tournament. Bracknell Vets levelled it up through Ash Balfour as a penalty shoot-out would be required to settle this one.

Our Dutch friends had been involved in a number of penalty shoot-outs in our tournaments before. 4 in fact with 3 defeats and 1 win. They were to improve that statistic by winning this shoot-out 2-1 to proceed to the Semi-Finals. We bid farewell to Bracknell Vets but hope to see them on tour again next year.

 
 
 

For the 17th time in eurofootballfives.com history we had a Trophy competition to supplement our traditional Cup and Plate competitions. This was the 11th time we had a 24-team event in addition to 21-team, 25-team (x3) and 32-team (x2) events. It was also the 7th consecutive year we'd had a Trophy competition at the Barcelona Fives. Thank you to everyone for supporting this great event.

Next up was PVDC Eindhoven versus FNV. If the latter could take victory they would set up an all Dutch semi-final and guarantee at least one of their teams would be going home with medals today.

FNV had experienced a chastening morning with 5 defeats but their results had been improving. Their defeats had been 9-0, 9-0, 6-0, 5-1 and 1-0. In the final game they seemed to have found the right tactical set-up and were more competitive. That continued into this game and they were 0-0 at half-time. PVDC Eindhoven had enough to qualify for the next stage though as a Connor Secker goal sent them through.

 
 
 

Trophy Quarter-Final 3 saw Footballab face FC Dad. Footballlab were on debut and when we saw them in the first game against 2018 Gdansk Tournament winners Northern Town we thought they looked pretty good despite a narrow 1-0 loss. Results didn't quite go their way thereafter but they picked up a draw and a victory. Interestingly, that win was against FC Maroon – the sister squad of FC Dad. Could Footballab make it a Maroon-Dad double or could FC Dad gain revenge on the Spanish team for their travelling companions?

FC Dad certainly got off to the brighter start as they established a 2-0 lead by half-time. Calum Jones opened his personal account and Ben McNamee doubled his tournament total. When FC Dad went 3-0 up with a Will Reddie goal in the second half it looked like job done. There was a little sting in the tail from Footballab with Alesandro Manzano's second of the competition but it was too little too late for them.

We'd like to thank Footballab for participating in our tournament for the first time. FC Dad were through to the semi-finals.

 
 
 

Last but not least in the Trophy Quarter-Finals we came to Cranwell versus RAF Fylingdales as the 5th placed team in Group D took on the 6th placed team in Group C.

RAF Fylingdales had a mixed and varied history in the knockout phase of our tournaments. Before today they had qualified for the Trophy (x1), Plate (x2) and Cup (x1). They had seen exits at the Quarter-Final stage (Plate 1, Cup x1) in the last two seasons. At the 2016 Riga Tournament they won their Plate Quarter-Final 6-3 against Latvian side Zemniecki in the Quarter-Finals before going down to Plate winners DHFC, 4-1. Their one Trophy appearance saw a play-off exit (pre-cursor to the main Quarter-Final draw that year) 3-0 at the hands of Spain's ADP Dream Team.

This year they tasted a third successive Quarter-Final defeat despite goals from Jim Williams and Dion Jones. Cranwell were the joint third top scoring team in the group phase and they were banging the goals in again here. A hat-trick for Jack Harrison took him to 8 goals for the day – currently the top scorer in the tournament. Paddy Hobson and Stuart Scott were also on target as Cranwell went through, 5-2.

 
 
 
 
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