At the start of Round 3, we had Finn's Chins versus Brioche FS. Based on results and performance so far today you would fancy Finn's Chins going into the game. The English team suffered only a narrow loss to the league leaders in Round 1 before picking up victory last time out. Brioche FC were yet to pick up a point and were in fact yet to score so far today.

Brioche FC's search for a goal continued in this fixture but they kept things tight at the back in the opening period and we reached the break all level at 0-0. Could Brioche FS keep going and put their first points on the board or even grab a goal and nick a win.

The deadlock would be broken in the second half but it was to be Finn's Chins who scored the goal as Simon Shergold bagged what proved to be the decisive strike. Finn's Chins kept a second clean sheet in a row and picked up their second win in a row. They were upwardly mobile in Group A.

Next up we had Abertawe versus Mavericks. At the start of Round 3 these teams were 5th and 2nd in the table respectively.

Abertawe made their debut at the Mallorca Tournament in 2013. They had a tough time in the group phase as they finished 6th in their group. It was a tough group that featured both the eventual Cup and Plate winners. It meant they qualified for the Wooden Spoon play-off where they lost 4-1 to Arenal Vets. Here in 2017 they were competitive but winless and had two 2-0 defeats to their name so far.

Things did not look good for the Welsh side at half-time as they were 3-0 down. The Mavericks were on a great run of form with 6 points from 6 and no goals conceded. They had now scored 7 without reply. There looked to be no way back for Abertawe who were yet to score today but they broke their duck in the second half with Lee Seager and Ian Colfer both finding the net. Mavericks had lost their clean sheet record but saw the game out to win 4-2. The goals for Mavericks went to Tim Maddocks and a hat-trick for Craig Jones.

It was 4th placed Whiteley FC against 1st placed Lilchicago in the final fixture of Round 3.

Whiteley FC were making their 8 th appearance in European action with eurofootballfives and their 4 th at our Mallorca Tournament. The journey began at the 2008 Amsterdam Fives where they reached the Cup Semi-Finals and lost an 8-goal thriller, 5-3. In 2010, they played at the 2010 Algarve Open winning Group D before going out in the quarter-finals to Portuguese team Water Boy. 2011 saw a visit to the inaugural Budapest Fives with one team narrowly losing on penalties to eventual winners Al Kaloida (Hungary) in the Plate Quarter-Finals and their other team winning the 4-team Wooden Spoon convincingly in the final 6-1 against Sweden's A Magyar Pekseg.

2012 saw the start of a Mallorca Tournament trilogy. That year, Whiteley Stags went furthest of their two squads reaching the Plate Semi-Finals. In 2013, their two teams finished 5th and 6th in the group phase and both exited at the Plate Quarter-Finals stage. In 2014 they began the day with a 2-1 win before results tailed off and they went through to the Wooden Spoon Semi-Finals. A 2-1 loss to Taylor's Tits ended their day on the field. 2015 saw a second visit to the Algarve Open. A slow start saw them lose their first 3 games. They also lost their last 2 but with much improved performances – narrow 1-0 defeats to Dep Legends (Ire) and RC Lens (Eng). The latter was particularly impressive as RC Lens went all the way to the Cup Final and one of their players has since gone on to play for Wycombe Wanderers!

So far today, Whiteley FC had a 2-0 win and 1-0 defeat on their CV. They held their own against the league-leaders for the first half and the two teams reached the break at 0-0.

In the end the top of the table side had just enough to take all 3 points. A goal from Mantas Garsvinskas was the only thing that separated the teams. The Lithuanian team remained joint-top but slipped to second on goal difference. Whiteley FC remained in fourth position.