It
was Cup Final time in Spain. After 64 games of
football we came down to the most important of
them all. Game 65, the match that would determine
the 2019 Mallorca Fives champions.
This
is how we lined-up:
Bar
Maruru (Spa)
Best
appearance to date: 2018 Mallorca Tournament Champions.
Record
today: Played 8, Won 6, Drawn 2, Lost 0.
Goal
difference today: 22-5
Current
unbeaten run: 16 games (since 2018 Mallorca Fives
1-0 Cup Semi-Final defeat to Renshaw)
Today's
top goalscorer: Farid Echanghoufi (8)
Clean
sheets: 4
Ecuador
100% (Ecu)
Best
appearance to date: 2017 Mallorca Fives &
2018 Mallorca Tournament Cup Runners-Up. 2013
Mallorca Fives Plate Winners.
Record
today: Played 7, Won 5, Drawn 2, Lost 0.
Goal
difference today: 27-12
Current
unbeaten run: 7 games (since 2018 Mallorca Tournament
5-0 Cup Final loss to Bar Maruru).
Today's
top goalscorer: Jose Mosquera (9)
Clean
sheets: 1
This
game was a repeat of the 2018 Mallorca Tournament
Cup Final which Bar Maruru won convincingly, 5-0.
A repeat would see Bar Maruru only become the
second team to retain a eurofootballfives.com
title - Athletico Do Hollande have succeeded with
the 2010 and 2011 Algarve Open titles.
Other
than Athletico Do Hollande, 5 teams looking to
defend a title had made it to the final the following
year (with many more falling before the Cup Final).
None of them had won:
Goldsmith
Williams (Eng) – 2008 Prague Masters Champions.
Lost 2009 final to Lozenetz City (Bul)
Lozenetz
City (Bul) – 2009 Prague Masters Champions. Lost
2010 final to Olympic Phil Babb (Eng)
Deportivo
(Cze) – 2010 Prague Trophy winners. Lost 2011
final to FC Radbroke (Eng).
Los
Swallacticos (Nir) – 2013 Barcelona Fives champions.
Lost 2014 final to Monexy (Ukr)
CIS
Committee (Blr) – 2014 Budapest Fives champions.
Lost 2015 final to Csabagyongye (Hun)
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