Group B began with Hurting Berlin from Ireland taking on Fail Madrid of England. Fail Madrid were on debut and had a blank canvas on which to paint their footballing artistry.

Hurting Berlin have competed under various names over the years including Mestallaban, Dot Cottons Flaps, Puskas Dolls and Hungary Hungary Heggos. Berlin will mark their fourth eurofootballfives.com competition. At the 2010 Prague Masters they struggled in the group stage before finding their feet in the afternoon knock-out phase. A 4-2 win over Celtic Craic followed by a 2-0 win over the New Camps earned them the Wooden Spoon playoff victory. In Valencia they were massively improved where they went all the way to the Cup Final before finishing 2nd to Hungarian team, FC Miracle. Their two teams in Budapest finished 5th and 6th in their respective groups. The Puskas Dolls went the furthest in the knock-out phase winning their Quarter-Final 3-2 against Red Cow Belgrade before succumbing 1-0 to Bozeat All Stars in the Semi-Finals.

Could Hurting Berlin recapture that Valencia form? Sadly for Fail Madrid it looked like they could. A first half Lorcan Bannon goal and a second half Shane Murphy goal ensured it would be Hurting Berlin that would put all 3 points on the board.

It was a tough start for Fail Madrid in Europe but there was still plenty of time for them to get their tournament challenge underway!

Game 3 of Group B was due to be Scandittack FC against Rayford Athletic. However, Scandittack FC – last year's Plate winners – were late casualties and unable to join us. Rayford Athletic collected a 3-0 walkover victory.