At the start of Round 3, we had an intriguing contest between Bar Maruru and Fiorentina Turner 2. Both teams drew 1-1 in Round 1 and both teams hit their respective opponents for 6 in Round 2. These were our two leaders in Group A and was set to be the biggest fixture of the group so far.

In Bar Maruru we had a team who had excelled in the group phase of their only previous eurofootballfives.com appearance. At our event here in May they secured 5 wins from 5 games with 14 goals scored and 2 conceded. They could not recreate that in the knock-out phase as they went out at the first hurdle.

In the group phase here today Bar Maruru were showing signs that they could replicate that group form. They had opened the scoring in Rounds 1 and 2, they would open the scoring for the third game in a row here. Antoni Torres scored 4 goals at the May tournament and he was amongst the goals again here to make it 1-0 to the Spanish.

When Fiorentina Turner 2 fell behind in Round 1 they recovered to grab a point. To gain a point from this game they would have to comeback from two down as Manuel Galvan Sastre scored his fourth in two games for Bar Maruru. That comeback was looking increasingly difficult as Pacquiao made it 3-0 before Marcos Almazau made it 4-0. The points were now secured but Conadreja put the finishing touches to a 5-0 victory.

Next up we had Urbansport versus Yac Club. At the start of Round 3 this looked like a straightforward home win – Urbansport 4 points from 6 and were joint leaders at the end of Round 2. Yac Club had 2 defeats and the last one was a hammering so hardly a morale booster.

Yac Club were making their third eurofootballfives appearance having debuted at the 2016 Riga Tournament. They enjoyed a good start with a 1-0 win over FC Maroon. They then suffered a 2-1 setback to Zemniecki but bounced back with a 6-1 win over The Crazy Gang. Defeats followed to FK Prienai (Ltu) and Melee FC (Eng) but they had done enough to finish fourth and qualify for the Plate. Unfortunately for them they could not change their mini run of form in the next phase as they went out to DHFC (who went on to win the Plate).

At the 2017 Barcelona Fives they entered 2 squads as T Bashers and P Slayers. The P Slayers team won 2 and drew 1 of their 7 group games as they finished in 5th position with a haul of 7 points. They qualified for the Trophy competition and beat Tysers, 2-1, in the Quarter-Finals. They then lost 1-0 to CBD Boys of Oman in the Semis. T Bashers struggled and lost their first 6 games. They finished on a high with a 1-0 win over Spanish side Gintam but they missed out on qualification for the knock-out phase.

After a slow start here in Mallorca they turned their form around and did it style. Against opposition that had previously won a Cup and a Plate in our events (under different names) they produced a first class victory. Two goals from Dom Morgan and a clean sheet to boot. 2-0 to Yac Club.

It was 4th placed Burritos FC against 5 th placed Purnell Youth in the final fixture of Round 3. This was a chance for the victors to close in on the teams above.

Purnell Youth competed for the first time at the 2017 Amsterdam Fives and Sixes. They entered a team into each competition. The Fives team drew the group of death and lost their first 3 (including to the eventual tournament winners). They finished on a high with 4-3 and 6-2 wins to finish fourth of 6 teams. They qualified for the Plate Quarter-Finals where they lost to FC Potsdam in a 13-goal thriller. The Sixes team struggled in another tough group that also featured the eventual Sixes winners). They finished 6th of 6 teams and were eliminated at the group phase.

Today they picked up a 1-1 draw and a 6-1 defeat. Their opponents Burritos had picked up a 1-0 win and a 1-0 loss. Matthew Lee was Burritos scorer in Round 1 and he was on target again here in Round 3. The lead was doubled by Andrew Monaghan who made it 2-0. A second clean sheet of the day for William Noden meant it was 6 points from 9 for Burritos FC – they moved up to second place.