Round 5 completed.
Six out of 8 quarterfinal spots are now confirmed. Next weekend will finalize the fights for the remaining two spots, and it will also bring a clarity on a winner of group B (winners of other 3 groups are already known). So, this is what last weekend brought - and how the situation looks before the final round of group stage.
GROUP A
The game between top two teams brought 9 goals! U.C.SAMPDORIA won 5:4 at FCB Eruveo and became a winner of group A. Despite the defeat, FCB Eruveo is close to QF - before the last game they're 3 points ahead of the remaining two teams. They got some help from MSK_Profirol, Slovak team brought 3 points from the stadium of AC Fiorentinna. With this result, Italian team is out of the game - in the theory we could have three teams with 7 points after last round, but in this case FCB Eruveo would finish second (they already have 7 points in the minitable of these three teams). MSK_Profirol took 4 points in last two games and with that they suddenly got into a fight for QF. Next weekend they host FCB Eruveo - Slovak team can eliminate their opponent, however they would need a victory with at least 2 goals difference (in case 1:0 win, FCB Eruveo would qualify thanks to more goals scored in total). The performance of both teams are quite equal so far, so I also expect a bit equal game - MSK_Profirol might win, but probably not higher than by 1 goal.
GROUP B
As expected, both leading teams won their last games, so it's clear that both Noldor and The Last Mohycan will continue to Quarterfinals, last round will decide who will be drawn from the first pot. The Last Mohycan will host Noldor in the last game of this group - Slovak team is one point behind, so they need to get a victory. This might be one of the top games of this season so far. It's very difficult to predict this game, I would probably bet on draw

Ohreblo is now the only team without a single victory this season - so next weekend they can at least fight for the win, which would move them up to 3rd place - but based on the recent performances it seems that AquaAzzurri will keep the position.
GROUP C
After playing my best performance in this SPCL season (145), FC Rovinka won 2:1 against SAMPDORIA - and with these very important 3 points my team became a winner of this group. After two rounds, FC Rovinka was holding last position with just 1 point, but three victories in the row turned the table around. The second QF spot in this group is not confirmed - but not just that, all three teams have a very real chance to get it. Thanks to a 3:2 victory of Primisimo FC in the game against LT Athletic, the difference between 2. and 4. place is just one point! SAMPDORIA still holds the second position with 6 points, the other two teams have 5 points. In last round, SAMPDORIA hosts Primisimo FC. Winner of this game will definitely go to Quarterfinals, but a draw would open a door for LT Athletic - in case they beat FC Rovinka.
GROUP D
El Pandos Brutos lost their first two points after an unlucky draw (3:3) at F:C:Svosov. Dutch team played 16 points higher lineratings, but it wasn't enough. They had a chance for a winning goal, but in the end of the game, the team missed a penalty. Thanks to that one point, the team already confirmed a group victory. AC Draha Prague won 3:1 against rogiboys and they will finish second. rogiboys moved now to the bottom of the table, one point behind their opponent in last round - F:C:Svosov. So Belgian team can still get at least 3rd place, but looking at their performances and situation with the squad, this is not very realistic.
I'll need to do a QF draw before the weekend - I'll be travelling next weekend, so I might not be able to give an udpate on time. So you will get the draw around Thursday/Friday this week - please check the results of your potential opponents over the weekend and setup the QF games.
I'll try to put at least some minimal info using my mobile, so don't expect long texts here
