SwordFish 0 - 9 eromao (308484620)

Clouds darkened the skies at SwordFish Arena as 12000 spectators turned up for the match. Ulf Björkstål was the appointed referee with assistance provided by José Marín and Beorn Wolbrink. SwordFish started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Camilo - Teles, Guerreiro, Rosa, Octávio - Prudêncio, Araújo Carvalho, Ramos Rosa, Jesus Monteiro - Fraga, Passas.

eromao tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Sutka - Broos, Ader, Nellemann - Matos, O´Keefe, Ribeiro, Thongtat, Airosa - MacArthur, Munné.

The home keeper expected a move to the right, but D. Ribeiro surprised him with a free kick aimed the other way 9 minutes into the match. 0 - 1 for eromao. After 10 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for C. O´Keefe who increased eromao's lead to 0 - 2. By now, the players in eromao felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. A drive down the left side allowed F. Munné to get in close and score another goal for eromao after 22 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. D. Ribeiro increased eromao's lead to 0 - 4 with a superb free kick strike that flew in just under the far top corner. The referee showed eromao's A. Matos the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. D. Camilo got a fingertip on A. Matos's shot from the left 34 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. It was 0 - 4 at the break. eromao claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

54 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as E. Broos finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. It might be a while before the fans see eromao's B. Thongtat again, after he had to leave the field in great distress at the 65 minute mark. He was replaced by S. Szabolcs. After 72 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. MacArthur a chance to increase the lead for eromao, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. E. Jesus Monteiro of SwordFish received a yellow card after 74 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The coach of eromao was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, R. Czechowiec came on for F. Munné. C. Ader increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 7. With 79 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed E. Broos of eromao to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 8. The visitors' D. Ribeiro took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 79 minutes into the match. 0 - 9 for eromao. That was his third goal of the match - a hat trick for D. Ribeiro. Possession in this half belonged to eromao, who controlled the ball 87 percent of the time.

Most important SwordFish player was J. Prudêncio. D. Camilo turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating eromao player was without a doubt D. Ribeiro. On the other hand, A. Matos's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 9.