Zoprano 0 - 8 Torres_SLB (323312810)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 23462 to Palacio dos deuses. Jesús Ribas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rahim Taya and Lauge Kristensen. Zoprano tactics involved an interesting 4-4-1 combination. Starters: Catão - Abelaira, Bektaş, Brito, Infante - Jobim, Palmira, Carlerberg, Vega - Valls.

Torres_SLB had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Bispo - Tzokol, Kamarinopoulos, Redzin - Wäger, Özgenç, Lenouvel, Shacham, Medvedchikov - Esgueira, Gânsac.

For their match strategy, Zoprano had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. After 3 minutes, Torres_SLB put themselves up 0 - 1, as Y. Tzokol finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. After 6 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave S. Kamarinopoulos a chance to increase the lead for Torres_SLB, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. V. Gânsac of Torres_SLB took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 17 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. R. Redzin received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 18 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The Torres_SLB fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Torres_SLB lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 0 - 4 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Torres_SLB, who controlled the ball 80 percent of the time.

A drive down the left side allowed V. Gânsac to get in close and score another goal for Torres_SLB after 76 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. 78 minutes into the game, Zoprano seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. Y. Tzokol was, after 80 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper B. Catão made the save. 81 minutes into the game, Zoprano seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. 81 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 6 as P. Lenouvel finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Zoprano's L. Valls was shown a yellow card after 82 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 83 minutes, S. Kamarinopoulos sent the corner kick right to U. Özgenç who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 7! With 84 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed V. Gânsac of Torres_SLB to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 8. By then V. Gânsac had scored three goals - a hat trick! Torres_SLB claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 84 percent.

L. Valls performed admirably for Zoprano. On the other hand, B. Catão's play was disheartening. Torres_SLB's best player was V. Gânsac. However, G. Bispo made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 8.