It
was the battle of the top two at the start of
Round 4. Expats Paris FC sat at the summit with
7 points from a possible 9. Meglepetes were
currently second with 6 points from 6 and a
game in hand. This was the biggest battle of
Group A to date.
Meglepetes'
most recent appearance was the defence of their
title in 2017. They began well with 3 wins and
2 draws from 5 group games. They conceded just
1 goal on the way to a Group C win. They qualified
for the Cup Quarter-Finals and drew 2-2 with
Paralytic Athletic. They lost out to the English
team 2-1 on penalties.
The
Hungarian team were in equally determined fashion
today and it was they who took the lead through
Mate Palmai. Expats FC Paris had been behind
today (to Skidmarks) and recovered. They showed
their battling qualities to make it 1-1 thanks
to Tristan Blundell. It got even better for
the men from Paris when they went 2-1 up against
Julien Guillot.
Meglepetes
were in danger of dropping points for the first
time today but Tibor Zambo pulled them level
at 2-2. Tibor Zsambo now had 5 goals to his
name today and he was to increase that tally
to 6 when he struck a winner to preserve Meglepetes'
100% record.
New
Wave Funk made a first appearance at the 2018
Barcelona Fives and they were pretty unlucky to
draw the group of death. They finished third in
the group behind the eventual winners AC Mazi
1996 of Greece who topped the group. Los Portugalitos
of Portugal finished second who have reached 2x
eurofootballfives.com finals and New Wave Funk
finished ahead of Black Sheep who won in Barcelona
in 2012. New Wave Funk did very well to finish
with 3 wins and 2 defeats. They reached the Plate
Quarter-Finals and surprisingly exited the tournament
in a close 3-2 defeat.
They
had started slowly today with two defeats but
had just picked up a fine 3-0 win against the
(then) league leaders Deportivo Dooradoyle. Could
they build on this win against the team immediately
below them in the table, Budapest Celtic Lions.
Budapest
Celtic won the title here in 2017 but had struggled
today with 2 defeats from 2 games. If they had
any hope of retaining the title then nothing less
than 3 points would do. The home team got their
act together as Maxime Bernard opened the scoring
for the Lions. 1-0 became 2-0 as Maxime Bernard
scored again to put the Hungarians in control.
The result was secure when Lewis Turnbull made
it 3-0.
Game
12 of Group A was Deportivo Dooradoyle versus
Tom's Mum Is A Tramp FC. Deportivo Dooradoyle
had lead the early Group A table but they had
just suffered their first defeat of the day and
were looking to bounce back here. If they could
they would return to the top of the table with
Meglepetes.
Tom's
Mum Is A Tramp FC had experienced a tough start
to the day with 2 defeats from 2. Could they turn
their fortunes around here? If they were, they
would need to make a comeback.
Deportivo
Dooradoyle had a first class striker in their
ranks. At the 2018 Gdansk Tournament Pa O'Brien
finished as the top scorer with 15 goals on the
day. So far today he had two goals from three
games but he was to boost his tally here. Two
goals in the early exchanges put Deportivo Dooradoyle
2-0 up. Joshua Jones second of the tournament
reduced the deficit to 2-1. Pa O'Brien went on
to complete his hattrick and his team's 3-1 victory.
The
win for Deportivo Dooradoyle moved them up to
second in the table. Only goal difference separated
them and Meglepetes on top.
