Grilled Birds' return to the Trophy of Legends tourney wouldn't go particularly well, as they managed just a single point from their first three games. French sixth divisioners FC Relecq-Kerhuon appeared to be there for the taking, with Lim An Keng turning a Paulino Trindade cross home in just the fourth minute, followed by a Chan Ze Han strike in the 13th. Onat Atak's sharp reducer would be nullified by Gilbert Webb, and with the score still at 3-1 in the 70th minute, it looked like the Birds had done it. FCR would then bounce back with four as Grilled's backline collapsed, against all odds.

This would not be a fluke either as the Birds' awkward composition - of a blossoming but still raw midfield combined with a steeply declining attack - had them dunked 0-3 by Danish IV.16 side Siempre Real Raúl, whose mastery of the basics was enough to stifle Grilled. Swiss Division Six club FC Liestal/04 were next, and had Tomas Hons bag twice en route to a 3-3 draw.

Farmer Bunnies did at least taste victory, in their second match versus Milanese VII.454 representatives .Paranoid, 3-2 thanks to a Vitaliy Efendiev brace. They had fallen 1-2 to Czech III.1 side FC Alpnachstad before that in a good effort, with Lukáš Cicko dismissed late for two yellows in quick succession. Belgian V.7 outfit K.V.OSTENDE then swept the Buns 5-0, as they married a whippy frontline to compact midfield dominance.

Grilled International did the best of the lot despite an unpromising 0-6 loss to Brazilian IV.38 club Elite Futebol in their opener, where they got entirely exposed. They recovered strongly to oust Spanish fourth division runners-up Mestalla21 4-2 with Umut Koza cleaning up, however, before securing a one-all versus Mexican IV.16 side P U M A S, off a rare Redhuan bin Mohd Aleshahfezan strike.