Gdansk 2019 Tour Report Group B Round 6

Results

The Post Office (Eng)	0	V	3	Big Time Krakow (Pol)
Clandestinos (Pol)	4	V	3	Pink Lloyd B (Eng)
RAF Boulmer A (Eng)	0	V	5	Fabryka Zieleni (Pol)

Two rounds to go and 6 games of football left on the schedule to decide the teams' fates in Group B. The Post Office would take to the field for their final fixture against a Big Time Krakow team who had a game in hand.

The Post Office could move into second place and move onto 10 points with a win. It would represent a good haul from their 6 games but probably wouldn't be quite enough to make the Cup. The higher they could finish though, the more favourable their Plate Quarter-Final draw would be. Big Time Krakow were currently the team in second place and they could fortify that position in the table with their fourth win of the day.

Interestingly, The Post Office had secured 7 of their 9 points against English opposition. They had 0 from 6 against Polish teams. The stats were against them and this game was going against them. Daniel Tonev scored to make it 1-0 and then again to make it 2-0 to the Krakowians. Adrian Paz made it 3-0 and secured all three points.

There were now just 3 teams in the race for the 2 Cup qualification places. Clandestinos were currently in third position and had to win to keep their hopes alive. At this stage a defeat or even a draw would not be good enough given Big Time Krakow's win in the game above.

Clandestinos would surely fancy their chances against the team at the foot of the Group B table – Pink Lloyd B. Clandestinos though were made to work very very hard for a result. It looked plain sailing when they went 2-0 up thanks to goals from Domenico Corniola and Mouad Sallouli. We then had one of the biggest celebrations of the day as John Escudier halved the deficit to 2-1.

It looked like normal service was resumed when Jezequez Kevin restored the two goal lead at 3-1. Steve Allen had scored two in his previous two games and he was to keep his scoring run going as he reduced that lead to 3-2. He then wiped out that lead as he made it 3-3.

This was potentially a massive blow to Clandestinos but they got out of jail thanks Sineus Guillaume. What a massive goal this was as it kept their Cup hopes alive.

What a blow it was to Pink Lloyd B whose hopes of points were dashed. It also confirmed they would finish seventh in the table.

That left us with RAF Boulmer A v Fabryka Zieleni to complete Round 6. RAF Boulmer A had a massive task ahead of them as Fabryka Zieleni were unbeaten in eurofootballfives.com competition – not just today but in history. They had played 12 games in our tournaments, won 11 and drawn 1. Unbeaten records are there to be broken – could RAF Boulmer A be that team to inflict a first defeat on their opponents.

What worked against RAF Boulmer A was the fact that Fabryka Zieleni still needed the points. At kick-off they were level on points with Big Time Krakow. A win here though would clinch Cup qualification and pretty much seal the Group B win also.

There was certainly no shame in RAF Boulmer A losing this one and lose they did. Fabryka Zieleni scored 5 without reply thanks to a brace from Dawid Frost and a hat-trick from Lukasz Abryszinksi. The hat-trick took Abryszinski to 12 for the tournament.

Table

Team	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Agst	Pts
Fabryka Zieleni (Pol)	5	5	0	0	25	3	15
Big Time Krakow (Pol)	5	4	0	1	17	6	12
Clandestinos (Pol)	5	3	1	1	10	8	10
The Post Office (Eng)	6	2	1	3	8	13	7
DDCH (Eng)	5	1	1	3	7	13	4
RAF Boulmer A (Eng)	5	1	1	3	7	14	4
Pink Lloyd B (Eng)	5	0	0	5	6	23	0

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