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Foot 130 B (Fra)

2

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Mitre FC A (Eng)

Foot 130 A (Fra)

9

v

1

Mardi Southgate Gras (Eng)

 

We were at the 2024 Prague Fives Cup Semi-Final stage and from the 12 teams who signed up we were down to the final 4 – already an achievement for those who were still in the hunt for glory. The first Cup Semi-Final would see Foot 130 B versus Mitre FC A.

Foot 130 had been the outstanding team of the group phase so far with their A team winning Group A and the B team winning Group B. Both teams had a record of 4 wins and 1 draw from their 5 group games with a combined goal difference of 46-17. There was a fair chance the two teams could meet in the Cup Final but Mitre FC A and Mardi Southgate Gras would hope to spoil that particular party.

Mitre FC A had performed well in the group phase and drawn 4-4 with Foot 130 A so were more than capable of defeating the B team. A slight worry for the English side may be a 4-1 defeat in their final group game but they would hope to bounce back from that quickly….and so they did.

The main man for Mitre FC A in front of goal today had been Sam Pagano and there was no stopping him in this game. He put Mitre FC A 1-0 up and then doubled his and his team's tally to 2-0. Having won the 2023 Barcelona Fives Plate Final 9 months ago, they were well on their way to a Cup Final in Prague. This looked even more likely when Rowen Mensah made it 3-0. However, Foot 130 B had other ideas.

Clarence de Fontenay started the comeback to make it 3-1 before Natan Decarriere continued his goal per game record to make it 3-2. However, Foot 130 B had left it too late and there proved to be no way back for the French team as the sands of time ran out. Mitre FC A had done enough and the Cup Final awaited them.

 
 
 

So, who would take their place in the Final from the second Semi-Final? The two teams set to do battle were Foot 130 A (Fra) and Mardi Southgate Gras (Eng).

Since our first tournaments in 2007, just six teams had won their first two tournaments with us. They were;

Olympic Phil Babb (Eng)

Athletico Do Hollande (Ned)

Skidmarks (Eng)

ABC United (Rom)

Big Time Krakow (Pol)

Norfolk N Chance (Eng)

Foot 130 could add their name to that list following their victory at the 2023 Amsterdam Fives last year. They were the number 1 ranked team from the group phase with the best goal difference and most goals scored. It would therefore represent quite a task for Mardi Southgate Gras. The Southgate team were competing in the Cup at our tournaments for the first time since the 2017 Mallorca Veterans and, in the Open Age, since the 2015 Berlin Fives. It had been a brilliant performance so far but this was their toughest task yet.

The statistical favourites, Foot 130 A, took the lead with a goal from Rodrigue Atikossie who also added a second. Basile de Fontenay made it 3-0 and Antoine Borrel scored for 4-0. There was brief respite for Mardi Southgate Gras when Jack Reed reduced the lead to 4-1. He'd scored his team's last 3 goals in the competition. Antoine Borrel was back on the scoresheet to make it 5-1. Basile de Fontenay added a couple more to make it 7-1 with his hat-trick goal. Thibault Margottat and Billy Falola then each scored to make it 9-1. Those goals meant that every single player in the Foot 130 A had now scored today. A true team performance.

It was a chastening defeat for Mardi Southgate Gras and one that was not representative of their performance overall on the day. Foot 130 A marched on!

 
 
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