Portugal 7 - 0 RBK (331221971)

3721 spectators had come to Estádio Nascer do Sol em JAR this cloudy day. Jarno Keihäskoski was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gianni Barletta and Evert de Groen. Portugal had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Costa - Braga, Alhinho, Hallerbach - Silvestre, Gump, Avınca, Loriot, Rosa - Palma, Begonha.

RBK tactics involved an interesting 2-5-3 combination. Starters: Portilla - Olsen, Teigen - Kippekausen, Burggraaf, Lecourt, Chouchane, Wujec - Jeppsson, Vicuña, Suurmeijer.

Some things can only be learned through experience, and R. Chouchane should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting Portugal a goal with 3 minutes of the match played. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to Q. Begonha, but the Portugal player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! V. Silvestre unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. D. Braga increased the lead for Portugal to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! A questionable free kick call just outside the home side's penalty area gave RBK a chance at reducing the score 40 minutes into the match. In the end, the ball went wide. 41 minutes in, RBK's M. Wujec received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. It was 2 - 0 at the break. Portugal claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

After 71 minutes, C. Gump put Portugal ahead 3 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Portugal managed to extend their lead to 4 - 0 when J. Loriot cut in neatly from the left side and struck a fine shot past the away team's goalkeeper. By now, the players in Portugal felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. RBK's A. Lecourt got himself booked for a foul. F. Kippekausen of RBK was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. After 83 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and B. Palma gave the Portugal supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 5 - 0. Portugal's Q. Begonha increased the lead to 6 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 85 minutes. Portugal put themselves up 7 - 0 when B. Palma broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Possession in this half belonged to Portugal, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

Portugal's top performer was clearly B. Avınca. T. Hallerbach was a disappointment, however. RBK's best player was O. Suurmeijer. S. Teigen on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 7 - 0.