For the thirteenth time in eurofootballfives.com history we had a Trophy competition to supplement our traditional Cup and Plate competitions. This was the eighth time we had a 24-team event in addition to 25-team (x3) and 32-team (x2) events. This was a great opportunity for the teams finishing 5th and 6th in the morning group phase to turn their fortunes around and walk away with a trophy.

Bialoazzuri FC had the second highest points haul of all the teams in the Trophy competition as they claimed 1 win, 2 draws and suffered just 2 defeats in the group phase. They were up against a Bede FC team who had the unwanted record of never having won a knock-out game in our events. Could their fortunes change here in Gdansk?

It did not start well for the English team as Bialoazzuri FC forged ahead. Marco Yanime had scored three times so far today and he was to add two more goals to his tally as Bialoazzuri lead 2-0. It was game on again though when Muhammad Chilwan bundled in at the far post to reduce the lead to 2-1.

An own goal didn't help Bede FC's cause as the lead increased to 3-1 before Pafrruo Lopez put the game beyond doubt and sealed the 4-1 victory. Bialoazzuri FC were through to the next round. Bede FC were out.

On Pitch C the referee and Audley London could take an extended lunch break as due to The Crazy Gang's withdrawal at the end of the Group Phase we had a space in the knock-out schedule. Audley London would get a bye to the Semi-Final.

It was a real shame for The Crazy Gang as they had put in their best performance to date – certainly in terms of goal scored. They had their best ever haul of 10 goals and would have been the top scorers of all the 8 teams to qualify for the Trophy.

Last but not least was Hotpockets against Gdanskchester. Hotpockets came into the game as 5th position in Group D versus 6th position in Group C for Gdanskchester.

The group phase of today's tournament would mark out Hotpockets as favourites for this tie as they took 4 more points than Gdanskchester and had the better goal difference of the two. In fact, at -2, Hotpockets had the best goal difference of all the teams in the Trophy. Gdanskchester had the worst at -19.

The game went with the form book. Pa O'Brien opened the scoring and Hotpockets never looked back. John Gray made it 2-0 which was the score at half-time. In the second half Pa O'Brien completed his hat-trick as he extended the lead to 4-0. Sean O'Donnell then added a brace to make it 6-0.

Gdanskchester FC bagged a consolation through Wojciech Sapiotka but our hat-trick hero Pa O'Brien would have the final say as he scored a fourth. Final score, 7-1.