Round 2 started with The Funky Shepherds versus Palma Bay CF. Both teams had lost their opening fixtures but there was certainly no shame as both played high quality opposition in the form of Mallorca Look and Melee FC.

The Funky Shepherds made their eurofootballfives.com debut at the 2016 Algarve Open. This was a very high quality tournament and they were drawn with the 2014 Mallorca Tournament Winners (Cheesecake FC) and 2015 Algarve Open Veterans Tournament Winners (Mini FC). They finished 4th in their group that included a 2-0 win over Water Boy (2014 Cup Final, 2011, 2012 & 2015 Cup Semi-Final, 2013 Plate Winners). They progressed to the Plate group where they finished 5th.

They had a tough start here too versus Mallorca Look but they put in a battling performance although a slow start (always a risk for the travelling team after a night out in Mallorca) saw them behind early. Here in Round 2, they were much tighter from the start and the two teams went into half-time level at 0-0.

The Funky Shepherds then hit the front in the second half with Karl Haggan's goal setting them on their way. A Greg Sanderson wonder strike gave The Funky Shepherds the luxury of a two goal lead. Darrell Milman was as safe as houses in goal as he kept a clean sheet. The Funky Shepherds had their first win of the day.

Whangdoodles were up next as they took on Melee FC. We had one team with an opening game victory (Melee FC) playing another with an opening game defeat (Whangdoodles). A rather simplistic interpretation would see you plump for a Melee FC win. When you looked at Melee FC's track record in our group phases it would add weight to your prediction.

In their previous 4 tournaments, Melee FC had qualified for the Cup competition on each and every occasion. Before today, their group record read played 19, won 12, drawn 3, lost 4 with 43 goals scored and 14 conceded as they amassed 39 points along the way.

A 1-0 win against Palma Bay CF boosted those stats in Round 1 and they were set to further boost those credentials with a win in Round 2 against the Whangdoodles. Tom Clark scored in the opening period to give Melee FC the advantage before second half strikes from David Stothard and Jack Dell ensured it was 6 points from 6.

Fabio Zucchelli had kept his second successive clean sheet of the day as Melee FC looked well set. For Whangdoodles it was a tough baptism of fire in our tournaments but time was still on their side to make a mark in this tournament.

To complete Round 2 we had Shergold's Hairline Harriers versus Mallorca Look – we had two first game victors coming head to head. The winner of this fixture would join Melee FC at the top of Group C. A draw would leave them sharing second position.

Mallorca Look had played here 12 months ago and been impressive in the group phase. They won their first 3 games at a canter (6-2, 7-1 and 7-1) before a 3-2 defeat to eventual champions Mariano FC. They then finished the group phase in style with a 3-0 win over Old Sedcopians to finish second and qualify for the Cup. They drew 2-2 in the Cup Quarter-Finals but went out on penalties.

Here in 2017 they started off with a more modest 2-1 win over The Funky Shepherds and were finding it tough going against Shergold's Hairline Harriers. The two teams looked fairly evenly matched. When the half-time whistle blew there was nothing between the two teams, 0-0

In the second half a solitary strike would decide the destination of the points. Cometh the hour, cometh the man and that man was Carlos Prieto Real. His goal meant it was 2 wins out of 2 for Mallorca Look.

Shergold's Hairline Harriers slipped to 4th position.