Our two pre-tournament favourites of Olympic Phil Babb and Lozenetz City had both made it through to the Semi-Finals. They were joined by two debutant teams who were looking every bit as strong as those favourites and any one of these four teams had the ability to go on and lift the title.

The first semi-final would guarantee a team from England in the final as Cheesecake FC took on Olympic Phil Babb FC. Cheesecake FC stunned their opponents by taking the lead virtually from the kick-off when Mark Hignett scored his 10th goal of the day. Olympic Phil Babb now faced their hardest task of the tournament and probably their eurofootballfives.com career. It was a task they took to admirably but couldn't prevent them going into half-time 2-1 down as Mark Martell scored a second for Cheesecake FC and Alex Woolston had found the net for Olympic Phil Babb. Cheesecake FC made it 3-1 with Hignett's 11th goal of the competition and things looked really difficult for Olympic Phil Babb. Martin Hinks brought them back in touching distance at 3-2. Alex Woolston then grabbed his 7th goal of the day to level things at 3-3.

That's how it finished and we were into Golden Goal extra time but a goal in extra time could not be found so it was on to penalties. It was Cheesecake FC who would shoot first and the duty fell to Justin Rees who clipped the bar with his penalty. Olympic Phil Babb goalkeeper then had the task of becoming goalscorer as he took his sides' first penalty. He duly converted and it was the two-times champions who were in the ascendancy. Waseem Khalique, with 9 goals already to his name, stepped up to the plate but saw his penalty saved. When Chris Jarrett walked up to the penalty spot he knew that if he scored his team would be in the final. The ball hit the back of the net and Olympic Phil Babb were through.

It was a great result for Olympic Phil Babb and probably the hardest they've been pushed. It was a tough break for Cheesecake FC who had made a great debut in eurofootballfives.com competition and in many other tournaments may well have gone all the way themselves.

The second semi-final was a big clash in styles as Bulgaria's Lozenetz City played the Latin American ex-pats of the Czech based side, Deportivo. As well as being a clash in styles it proved to be an epic battle on the pitch that drew the biggest crowd of the day and had everyone who watched it totally enthralled.

It was Deportivo who took the lead when Andres Caballero scored his fifth goal of the tournament to put Lozenetz City on the back foot. Deportivo had only conceded one goal all day so the Bulgarians would need to pull something special out of the bag to comeback in this fixture. Deportivo held their lead into half-time and if they could continue to defend as well as they had already done so then they would be in the final.

Lozenetz City had played in 4 previous tournaments with 2 wins, 1 Runners-Up and 1 Cup Semi-Final finish. The only way they had been knocked out was on penalties so Deportivo still had a mammoth task on their hands despite their lead. Lozenetz City showed why they were two times champions as they fought back to equalize through Hristo Kiosev. Kiosev had a habit of scoring crucial goals as it was he who scored the winning Golden Goal in the 2010 Manchester Fives Final.

The game finished 1-1 and we entered Golden Goal extra time. Lozenetz City had gone into extra time on five previous occasions – winning 3 by Golden Goal and losing 2 on penalties. This was unchartered territory for Deportivo. As extra time went on the two teams could not be separated (in more ways than one!)

The game went into penalties and Lozenetz City were hoping to make it third time lucky with penalties having crashed out of the 2009 Barca Fives Semi-Finals to French club Luminy Wolves and losing the 2010 Amsterdam Fives Final to Goldsmith Williams in this manner. They won the toss and decided to let Deportivo shoot first. It appeared to be a good move as Jesus Castillo curled it over the top right angle with Stanislav Ivanov (in goal for the penalties) not required to make a save. Tsoni Petrov stepped up to convert the first Lozenetz penalty and they were looking like favourites now. Javier Acosta (Deportivo) and Atanas Minev (Lozenetz) both scored and Lozenetz led 2-1.

Andres Caballero stepped up for Deportivo's third penalty knowing he had to score to keep his team in the tournament. He held his nerve and made it 2-2. The goal meant that Lozenetz City would have to win the game. The man with the task of sending his team to the final was Bojidar Gorchev – the ball nestled into the back of the net and Lozenetz City began wild celebrations.

The day was over for Deportivo, and as with Cheesecake FC, we are sure there is a tournament victory for Deportivo in the future.