Winner over hearts with passion for football!

Sunday June 3 2012 10:00 a.m. in Stuttgart:

The engines are running and it is drizzling outside at cold 13 degrees Celcius. The atmosphere is great and full of anticipation as we set off on our way to Cologne where the German finals of the Hotelcup are being held. After our ARCOTEL Camino football team placed first at the tournament in Stuttgart, "Go Camino, another goal!", we were convinced we had a good chance in the finals. At 3:00 p.m. we arrived in Cologne and registered for the tournament. Of course we brought a legion of fans with us. Employees from all departments came along to cheer us on.

In the first game against the Falkenstein Grand Kempinski Hotel Königstein we took a 2:0 lead. Some mistakes destroyed the lead and we were behind 2:3. Unfortunately we were not able to recuperate and so we had our first defeat. With a 2:2 draw against the NH Hotel Hamburg Altona we were able to regain hopes of taking the tournament. In the third game, against the defending champion Innside by Melia Frankfurt, we performed well but were defeated with 0:2.

In the final preliminary round match there was some hope of moving into the quarterfinals. The Best Western Park Consul Hotel from Cologne took to a quick 1:0 lead. Our youngest player, Sandro Capuozzo, then scored the tying goal and his first goal in a tournament. THANK YOU Sandro for the memorable outburst of cheer you triggered. You really deserve it. Unfortunately the goal was not enough to turn the game around and we lost 1:5. The dream of the finals in Cologne was over.

In the penalty shoot out for the last places we were up against the 25Hours Hotel Frankfurt: we were defeated 1:2. In the end we were in competition for second to last place against the Maritim Hotel Stuttgart – the team we were able to defeat in the finals in Stuttgart. The penalty shoot out against the Martim team ended 1:3 for Maritim. The Maritim Hotel secured third to last place and we were dead last.

Considering that we played against the teams in our group that went on to place first, third and fourth, we are very pleased with the overall result, even if we came in last.
We are looking forward to the Hotelcup 2013 and would like to thank all the fans that traveled with us for their incredible dedication and support. THANK YOU! We also need you in 2013.

The Hotelcup has been the main football tournament in the hotel industry since 2009 and the number of participants is increasing each year. After the first tournament of this popular series in 2012 held in Hamburg the number of teams registering has increased each year. The Hotelcup hold tournaments in several German cities. The top two teams in each city advance to the big Germany finals where they represented their destination.