ParceiroTeam 0 - 7 Panthers (349379160)

10212 fans braved the pouring rain at Arena Amstercão. ParceiroTeam decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Frango - Sintra, Vences, Palos, Almeida - Silva Valente, Tsukumo, Farinha, Martins - Palmira Pereira, Viegas.

Panthers tactics involved an interesting 3-5-1 combination. Starters: Abas - Gualsoro, Beringuilho, Marquard - Fatturo, Mehru, Takó, Loughran, da Cunha - Ahonzo.

Panthers seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. 21 minutes into the game, Panthers had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to poor. A. Loughran slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Panthers took the lead after 36 minutes making the score 0 - 1. F. Takó placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. E. da Cunha's lightning pace was too much for Â. Sintra who could only look on as the Panthers player blasted one home. 0 - 2. The home crowd cheered when, after 39 minutes, A. Ahonzo's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. 0 - 2 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Panthers, who controlled the ball 75 percent of the time.

A review of the gameplan helped Panthers get back to a passable organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. After 47 minutes, Panthers's J. Beringuilho burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 3. After 75 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for F. Takó who increased Panthers's lead to 0 - 4. After 80 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave E. da Cunha a chance to increase the lead for Panthers, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 5. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Panthers lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. 84 minutes in, Panthers appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only inadequate. L. Fatturo increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 6. 87 minutes into the game, Panthers seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to inadequate. A penalty was awarded after 87 minutes, and J. Marquard made the most of his chance to put Panthers up by another goal. 0 - 7 for the visitors. ParceiroTeam's F. Silva Valente was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Panthers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 83 percent of possession.

ParceiroTeam's top performer was clearly R. Viegas. D. Tsukumo was a disappointment, however. Panthers's best player was F. Takó. On the other hand, J. Marquard's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 7.