With their first games under their belts it was Round 2 for all the teams in Group A and time to settle in to the tournament.

FC Broxelona made their eurofootballfives.com debut at the 2016 Budapest Fives with two teams. The B team began well and after 4 of their 5 group games were unbeaten (1 win, 3 draws). A win in their last game would have sent them into the Cup but they were up against 3 x eurofootballfives.com winners CIS of Belarus. FC Broxelona B lost 4-1 and would also finish 4th (of 6) in their group.

The Plate Semi-Finals saw a 2-1 win for Broxelona B over Vilag Valogatott which set up an all-Broxelona Plate Final. A ding-dong Plate Final saw the A team emerge victorious 4-3.

The English team were up against FC De Rimmer of the Netherlands who had suffered defeat in their opening game. Could they bounce back with a win against FC Broxelona B who drew their first game, 1-1.

Well, we were 1-1 here at half-time as goals from Daniel Turnham (FC Broxelona B) and Ernst Perk (FC De Rimmer) cancelled each other out. In the second half hopes of a winning goal for either team were dashed as the defences were on top. FC De Rimmer had their first points on the board. FC Broxelona B had their second draw of the day.

To complete Round 2 we had FC Maroon versus KML. These were the two early leaders in Group A and both came into the game with a win under their belts.

FC Maroon made their debut in the 2013 Lisbon Tournament. Their sportsmanship in that tournament is now something of eurofootballfives.com folklore. Having 2 victories to their name, their final group opponents were late for kick-off. FC Maroon could have claimed a 3-0 walkover which would have seen them go through but they decided to play the game – it ended in defeat and they went out on goal difference. There was to be no karma.

They were also pretty unfortunate at the 2014 Budapest Fives where just 1 defeat saw them finish 5 th in the group with a haul of 6 points that included draws with 2009 Valencia Fives winners (9 Nana Budds) and 2015 Budapest Fives winners (Csabagyongye). In the Trophy competition they defeated Stanford FC 3-1 in the Quarter-Finals before a 2-0 Semi-Final defeat to eventual winners Contejus Hurricanes. An injury hit campaign at the 2015 Barcelona Fives saw them finish 5 th in Group E before a resounding 7-1 win in the Trophy Play-off. They then went out 6-2 to FC Atwood in the QF. Despite a troubled campaign, Matt Alawi was the second top goalscorer in the tournament with 8 goals.

FC Maroon's 2016 Riga Tournament campaign started slowly with 3 defeats but then a very good 0-0 draw with Melee FC (2 x Cup Finalists, 1 x Cup Semi-Finalists) changed their fortunes. They won their final group game 10-0 versus The Crazy Gang to qualify for the Trophy. In the Quarter-Finals they met another of their sister squads, FC Shark, and defeated them 4-1. A 4-2 Semi-Final win followed against One Calamski to set up a debut Final. A battling 0-0 draw against Latvian side Aliance would see the Trophy decided on penalties. It was a familiar tale for an English team in a penalty shoot-out as Aliance took the title, 3-2, in the shoot-out.

They opened up with a great 2-0 win over Brioche FS and would add to their points haul here. They would have to settle for a point though as the game ended 0-0.

It was a great start for both KML and FC Maroon who both lead the table with 4 points from 6 and both teams were yet to concede a goal in the tournament. KML topped the table courtesy of their larger margin of victory in Round 1.