JNJ Corporate 5-a-side Football Tournament Budapest 2013 Tour Report Group A Round 2

Results

JNJ Russia B (Rus)	3	v	0	Hup Holland Hup (Hol)
JNJ Wuppertal (Ger)	7	V	1	GBS Reds (Cze)
JNJ High Wycombe A (Eng)	2	v	0	JNJ Pencoed (Wal)

Round 2 of Group A began with JNJ Russia B taking on Hup Holland Hup. The former were looking to make it two wins in two games whereas Hup Holland Hup were aiming to avoid two defeats in two games. In eurofootballfives.com tournaments the opening games can be very important and set the tone for the day so JNJ Russia B would hope to continue their good form. Hup Holland Hup would need to turn fortunes around quickly.

It did not look good early on for Hup Holland Hup as Rustam Kecherukov and then Gaspar Arutymov both scored in the opening period and JNJ Russia B were 2-0 ahead. It was a perfect start for JNJ Russia B and they were well on their way to a maximum 6 points. In the second half Rustam Kecherukov scored his second goal of as the game and 4 th of the tournament to make it 3-0 and the victory was sealed.

JNJ Russia B were enjoying the perfect start to their campaign. Hup Holland Hup still had three group games remaining to kickstart their tournament challenge.

In the next game GBS Reds were looking to emulate JNJ Russia B by making it two wins out of two. In their way stood JNJ Wuppertal who had slipped to defeat in their opening fixture and sought their first points of the tournament.

JNJ Wuppertal were second best in their first game against a strong JNJ High Wycombe A team but they were much improved in this fixture and GBS Reds did not know what had hit them. The German team raced into a 4-0 lead and it was only half-time. In the second half they scored 3 more to seal an emphatic victory. GBS Reds did get on the scoresheet with Vladimir Cimpl's second goal in as many games – but it was only a consolation. Final score, 7-1.

The main architect of the victory was Rafael Jurek who scored 5 goals and was ably assisted by Giuseppe Raimondo and Christovao Mendes Fernandes.

Game 6 of Group A saw a UK derby as JNJ High Wycombe A of England take on JNJ Pencoed of Wales. JNJ Pencoed were looking to bounce back from an opening game defeat whereas JNJ High Wycombe A were looking to build on a comprehensive win (in performance if not score) and join JNJ Russia B at the summit of Group A.

JNJ Pencoed started well in their first game and they started well again here but they were unable to prevent JNJ High Wycombe A taking a 1-0 lead. A Matt Tominey goal gave the English team an advantage that they were to carry into the break.

Could the Welsh team pull the game back in the second half? The game followed much the same pattern as the first and the two teams competed well. JNJ High Wycombe A proved to have the cutting edge though as they doubled the lead through Rich Gould. At 2-0 the game was sewn up and JNJ High Wycombe had a 100% record.

For JNJ Pencoed it was a second defeat but they had shown they were no walkovers. They were competing well and just needed to add some goals and stamina to their performances thus far.

Table

Team	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Agst	Pts
JNJ Russia B (Rus)	2	2	0	0	6	0	6
JNJ High Wycombe A (Eng)	2	2	0	0	3	0	6
JNJ Wuppertal (Ger)	2	1	0	1	7	2	3
GBS Reds (Cze)	2	1	0	1	3	8	3
Hup Holland Hup (Hol)	2	0	0	2	1	5	0
JNJ Pencoed (Wal)	2	0	0	2	0	5	0

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