2019 Alicante Tournament 5-a-side Football Tour Report Group C, Round 2

Results

Brewin Dolphin B (Eng)	0	V	9	Turn Down For Watford (Eng)
GAT Assurance (Tun)	0	v	0	Fylde Old Boys FC (Eng)
Panadero Loco Sport (Spa)	2	v	1	Elysian FC (Eng)

Round 2 started with Brewin Dolphin B versus Turn Down For Watford. Both teams had lost their opening fixtures but there was certainly no shame as both played high quality opposition.

Brewin Dolphin B last appearance was at t he 2018 Amsterdam Sixes and it proved to be a struggle on the pitch due to exertions off the field and injuries. It meant they finished fifth of six teams in the table and missed out on a top four finish they needed to qualify for the knock-out phase. After the opening few results here in Alicante it looked like that form was becoming a habit. They needed a result to break the cycle but they would not get it here.

In the last game we said that Turn Down For Watford had shown enough to make their mark in this tournament. Well, they made it pretty quickly and pretty emphatically here in Round 2.

Turn Down For Watford swept to a stunning 9-0 win. There was four goals for Ben Gregory, a hat-trick for Rich Lyons and a goal each for Jason Opuku-Afriyie and Daniel Rennie. A clean sheet for Charlie Reeves made it a very satisfactory result for the team not from Watford.

In Round 1 we saw how Fylde FC Old Boys fared last year in Amsterdam. Their most successful tour on the pitch was arguably their debut at the 2017 Krakow Trophy. The A team took 2 wins from 5 games in a tough group that featured teams from Brazil, Poland and Switzerland. Fourth place saw them qualify for the Plate. In the Semi-Finals they recorded a 7-1 win over Deddington Sea Otters before meeting Deddington Sea Eagles in the Plate Final. The Sea Eagles proved a tougher proposition and penalties were required to settle the competition after a 2-2 draw in normal time. Sadly for FC Fylde it was runners-up medals as they lost 5-4 on penalties.

The B team had a cracking start to the 2017 Krakow Trophy as they recorded 12 points from a possible 15 on their way to winning Group B. They went on to reach the Cup Semi-Finals where they met a multi-national Big Time Krakow team representing Poland. In a really tight game, FC Fylde missed out on a debut final as they lost 2-1. Incidentally, Big Time Krakow also won the 2019 Gdansk Tournament.

Fylde had opened up with a 1-0 win in Round 1 and if they could produce another would end Round 2 with at least a share of top spot. They were up against GAT Assurance. The team from Tunisia had struggled in Round 1 admittedly against a strong Panadero Loco Sport team.

They had now had time to settle into the tournament and produced a solid display in their second game. In fact, the two teams could not be separated and we had our first 0-0 draw in Group C. The teams took 1 point each.

To complete Round 2 we had Panadero Loco Sport versus Elysian FC – we had two first game victors coming head to head. The winner of this fixture would go to the top of Group C. A draw would leave them sharing first place with Fylde Old Boys FC.

Panadero Loco Sport currently lead the table on goal difference after a 4-0 win over GAT Assurance. They continued that form into this game as it was the Spanish team who took a 1-0 lead thanks to Dojilali Driss. 1-0 became 2-0 when goalkeeper Samuel Brugarolas Juarez scored. He was having a pretty good day so far. A clean sheet, a goal and on course for another clean sheet….

…he wouldn't get it though. Elysian FC halved the deficit thanks to Abdulnassir Kamye's second goal in as many games.

Panadero Loco Sport had enough in the tank to hold on to their 2-1 lead as they went on to complete victory.

Table

Team	Pld	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Agst	Pts
Panadero Loco Sport (Spa)	2	2	0	0	6	1	6
Fylde Old Boys FC (Eng)	2	1	1	0	1	0	4
Turn Down For Watford (Eng)	2	1	0	1	9	1	3
Elysian FC (Eng)	2	1	0	1	4	2	3
GAT Assurance (Tun)	2	0	1	1	0	4	1
Brewin Dolphin B (Eng)	2	0	0	2	0	12	0

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