Group B began with Real L'Bourne (Eng) taking on Naranjitos (Spa). We were welcoming both teams into the eurofootballfives.com fold and wished them both luck as they stepped on to the court to make their debut.

Real L'Bourne started the match the quicker as they flew out of the blocks. Thomas Bray scored their first goal of the day and it wasn't long before Franco Minieri made it 2-0. At half-time they were sitting in pole position.

Their position got even healthier after the break as they extended the lead to 3-0 with Dan Hart grabbing a goal. It looked game over and that the points were in the bag. However, Naranjitos had other ideas as first of all David Moya Aparicio pulled one back for 3-1.

In the next game, Pensat I Fet (Spa) and HMNB Portsmouth (Eng) would begin their campaigns. Both teams were marking their debuts in our tournaments so it would be interesting to see how this panned out. With play underway it did not take long for HMNB Portsmouth to claim the ascendency. They fired off quicker than a nerdy virgin at a Playboy pool party as they raced into a 5-1 lead in a comprehensive opening period.

It was a disastrous start for Pensat I Fet and sadly (for them) set the tone for the rest of the game. HMNB Portsmouth showed no mercy on their opponents and continued to bag the goals as they ran out 10-1 victors.

There was a hat-trick for Daniel Kerr, two for Chris Reeves and goals from Andrew Todd, Simon Radford, Ross McEvoy, Gary Sullivan and also goalkeeper Matthew Shortt getting in on the action.

Budapest Celtic (Hun) entered the eurofootballfives.com fold in 2011 on home soil at the 2011 Budapest Fives and they came into this tournament on a high having recently claimed victory at the 2013 Krakow Trophy where they defeated France's The A-Team 2-1 in the Cup Final. They also have 2 Runners-Up finishes to their name (Budapest Fives 2011 and 2012). Valencia marked their 3rd overseas tour after Krakow and Barcelona. It also represents the stag weekend of Celtic legend Matt WB so expectations may have been a little lower than normal.

They would meet Real L'Bourne who already had a win under their belts and a further three points would be just what the doctor ordered. Real L'Bourne surged into a 2-0 lead with Dan Hart and Brad Wood both finding the net before the big incident in the game. Budapest Celtic Lions won a penalty and due to a retaliation saw Heike Bult exit the field with a red card. The resulting penalty was scored by Neil Evans and the deficit was reduced to 2-1 at half-time.

Four-man Budapest Celtic Lions then stunned Real L'Bourne as Neil Evans struck twice to score a remarkable hat-trick and put them 3-2 up. Budapest Celtic Lions were looking good but Real L'Bourne went about their business with real zeal as the pressure was well and truly now on. You could sense the relief as Thomas Bray made it 3-3 and then Dan Hart put them ahead 4-3 late on.

It was a great game and Budapest Celtic Lions can consider themselves unlucky to come away without a point after such a superb effort. The points were going to Real L'Bourne who professionally completed the job and now had 6 points for their efforts thus far.

Game 4 was the scheduled meeting of Naranjitos versus Pensat I Fet. Naranjitos had started slowly but recovered well in their opening game to narrowly miss out on some points. Pensat I Fet were hoping they could recover from a heavy opening game defeat.

Naranjitos continued their second half form from their opening fixture by racing into a 4-0 lead against Pensat I Fet. There were two goals each from Carlos Cebrian Salinas and David Moya Aparicio in the first half.

For Pensat I Fet, down as a Spanish team as living locally but with a French playing contingent, were feeling a touch of déjà vu as the goals continued to flow against them. They conceded three more – David Moya Aparicio and Carlos Cebrian Salinas both completing hat-tricks and also from Ignacio Salinas. If there was hope for Pensat I Fet it was that they were scoring as Stephane Crovieuan scored a consolation.

Naranjitos had bounced back well but it was looking like being a long morning for Pensat I Fet.

The game that would take us to the half-way stage of Group B was HMNB Portsmouth versus Budapest Celtic Lions. The former were looking to capitalise on a sensational start (and what would be the biggest win of the day) in their opening fixture. Budapest Celtic Lions must have wondered “what might have been” if they could have kept all 5 on the pitch in a narrow defeat against a team who now had 2 wins and sat, temporarily at least, at the top of the table.

In short, we expected a much tougher game for HMNB Portsmouth and that's what they got. We reached half-time with nothing to separate the two teams as they went into the interval all level at 1-1. Daniel Kerr had scored for HMNB Portsmouth, Chris Dobson with the goal for the Lions.

As the second half progressed we were still all even at 2-2 with further goals from Chris Reeves (HMNB) and Neil Evans (Lions). There was to be a winner and it came from Daniel Kerr with his 5th in 2 games as they took all 3 points with a 3-2 win.

HMNB Portsmouth topped the table with a maximum 6 points. Budapest Celtic Lions can consider themselves unlucky to have no points to show for their efforts so far going down by the odd goal each time.