Talhos Mariete came into Round 3 having picked up their first win of the tournament. Saga Louts found themselves propping up Group A with The Special Ones. They were looking to get their first points of the tournament. With 2 games to go after this one there was still plenty of time to qualify for the Cup or the Plate but they would need to win this one – especially if they harboured Cup hopes.

The problem for Saga Louts, with such a tough start, was that it was easy for confidence to fade and for morale to drop. Was this a factor in the first half here? It was another tough game against Talhos Mariete and the Portuguese team looked to be in imperious form. They were rampant in the first half.

Bruno Clemente had scored 3 already in the tournament and he was to be on the mark again with a first half hat-trick as Talhos Mariete went 4-0 up by half-time. Fernando was also on target as he scored the goal to make it 3-0.

In the second half Saga Louts shored things up a little but they were unable to prevent further addition to the score. Alexandre Teixeira made it 5-0 as Talhos Mariete moved on to 6 points in Group A.

Talhos Mariete's win above meant there were now 3 teams locked together on 6 points at the top of the table. FC Miracle and Compact Records each had a game in hand. FC Miracle would play that game in hand now. The Special Ones would be their opponents.

A quick look at the league table suggested this may be a home win. FC Miracle had 2 wins from 2, The Special Ones had 2 defeats from 2. FC Miracle were scoring goals for fun and were yet to concede in the tournament. This game went to form.

Laszlo Zsolt was rapidly running away with the top goalscorer prize with hat-tricks in his first two games. He would make it a hat-trick of hat-tricks here in Round 3. He scored the goal that put the Hungarians ahead before Laszlo Deutsch made it 2-0. He completed his hat-trick before the half-time whistle came to The Special Ones rescue.

4-0 at half-time became 5-0 at full-time as Laszlo Zsolt took his tournament haul to 10 goals. Marton Rekli completed his third clean sheet and everything was rosy in the FC Miracle camp.

To complete Round 3 was Telferscot Athletic versus Compact Records. Telferscot Athletic were looking to bounce back from defeat to FC Miracle which would mean that three teams would share second place all on 6 points. Compact Records were hoping to join FC Miracle at the top of the table with a win of their own.

Telferscot FC made a first appearance in our tournaments at last year's 2016 Barcelona Fives. They began well with a 2-0 win over Ladzio before a 3-0 defeat to eventual runners-up, The Spice Boys. A second defeat was followed by a 0-0 draw with Italy's Atletico Bardino. They then came up against 2011 Valencia Fives & 2012 Krakow Trophy winners Skidmarks FC. It was a 3-1 defeat before a 1-1 draw versus 2008 Barca Fives winners Rapid Bosco Navas. They finished on a high with a 2-0 win over Bruton Black Cats to finish 5 th of 8 teams. In the Trophy Quarter-Finals they left the competition to Giggs Boson FC, 3-0. They entered two teams into the 2017 Lisbon Veterans Tournament. Their second team was Telferscot Athletic.

The Telferscot Athletic team featured 5 players from that Telferscot FC campaign in Barcelona. They found it tough going against the team from Porto as Compact Records ran in 3 goals in each half to record a superb 6-0 win.

Ricardo Marols got the ball rolling before Nuno Moreia made it 2-0. Ricardo Marols was on target again before Jose Coria's second of the day. Ricardo Marols completed his hat-trick before Fernando Palmcil completed the scoring.