Bratislava Fives 5-a-side Football Tournament Tour Report Group D Round 2

Results

Murder on Zidanes Floor (Eng)	0	V	4	CIS Committee (Blr)
Fireball (Svk)	2	v	2	Tommie's Guns (Eng)
Saga Louts (Eng)	0	v	2	The Spider Mans and Eagle (Eng)

Round 2 started with Murder on Zidanes Floor versus CIS Committee. The team from Belarus had made the perfect start to the tournament and was looking to make it two wins out of two. Their opponents were looking to build upon a decent opening point.

Murder on Zidanes Floor opened up with a solid defensive display but would face a tougher test in this game. CIS Committee had started slowly but scored three in the second half against The Spider Mans and Eagle FC. They continued in a similar vein at the start of this fixture by breaching the Murder on Zidanes Floor defence not once, not twice but three times. Vitali Ledenev opened the scoring before Ihar Shcherbich and Henadzi Nestsiuk found the net.

After the break the scoring settled down although Vitali Ledenev did grab a second of the game for him to make it 4-0. CIS Committee had claimed their second win of the day.

For Murder on Zidane Floor it was a first defeat and there is certainly no shame in coming second best to CIS Committee – many others have been in that position.

Fireball were up next as they took on Tommie's Guns. Both teams had secured a draw in Round 1 and would now look to add a win to continue their unbeaten start. Victory would mean moving on to four points and occupying second place in the Group D table.

Fireball rescued a point from a losing position in their opening game but they hit the front first in Round 2 as Miroslav Sloboda scored for the Slovak team. After the break there was to be a Tommie's Guns' revival as Chris Vernall and Luke Materacki scored their first goals of the day. Sloboda scored again for Fireball and we finished with honours even at 2-2.

It was a second draw and a second point for these two teams. Whilst not losing is a great virtue the draws were slowing these teams' progress and they would hope for a victory next time out.

To complete Round 2 we had Saga Louts versus The Spider Mans and Eagle FC. It was difficult to judge the performance of the latter in the opening round of fixtures as they had come up against and lost to a team that many sides have lost to in eurofootballfives.com competition. However, they had shown by keeping the first half level and in their general all round play that they would be a force in this group.

Saga Louts came so close to victory in their first game before being pegged back and would look to secure all three points this time out. It did not start too well for the Saga Louts though as Steve Wildman put the men in Batman shirts a goal to the good. Ultimately, it was to be a goal in each half that won the day for The Spider Mans and Eagle FC as Ryan Stevens added a second after the interval.

It was an important win for The Spider Mans and Eagle FC that saw them move into second place in the table. Saga Louts were down in fifth position.

Table

Team	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Agst	Pts
CIS Committee (Blr)	2	2	0	0	7	0	6
The Spider Mans and Eagle (Eng)	2	1	0	1	2	3	3
Fireball (Svk)	2	0	2	0	4	4	2
Tommie's Guns (Eng)	2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Saga Louts (Eng)	2	0	1	1	2	4	1
Murder on Zidanes Floor (Eng)	2	0	1	1	0	4	1

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