VSC 4 - 0 Desportivo (370700240)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 63556 to D. Afonso I. Ulf Andersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Carlos Gustavo Pasquale and Andrea Rifici. VSC decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. They fielded: Panigo - Ben Nasser, Issa, van Santen - Ahosmäki, Campos, Soares, Faquinha, Majsak - 世翔 (Shixiang), Schuiten.

A 4-3-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Desportivo. Lineup: Martinez - Echavarría, Braun, Degenhardt, Hssisen - Andersson, Rachid, Fábregas - Gripenner, Berinde, Carqueja.

For their match strategy, Desportivo had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. 18 minutes into the match and the home team took a 1 - 0 lead after breaking through on the left. The scorer for VSC was K. Schuiten. With 24 minutes played, T. Ahosmäki could have brought this one home for VSC as he charged up on the left, but his hooked ball went just a bit too high. After 25 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and K. Schuiten gave the VSC supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of VSC were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Things were deteriorating for the away team as VSC scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for 刘. 世翔 (Shixiang) after 30 minutes. T. Ben Nasser left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 30 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. P. Grünhagen was the replacement. The coach of VSC was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 30 minutes, V. Andronic came on for T. Ahosmäki. The teams went for the halftime break at 3 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to VSC, who controlled the ball 82 percent of the time.

A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in VSC's K. Schuiten increasing the lead to 4 - 0. This third goal completed a hattrick for K. Schuiten. A. Soares wanted to play on, but the VSC coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by F. Igreja. Desportivo were able to mount several counterattacks, such as the impressive one after 60 minutes, but R. Fábregas lofted a free kick over the crossbar. Desportivo's A. Hssisen was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 63 minutes. F. Igreja could have increased the lead after 69 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave V. Andronic from VSC a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 78 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A loud groan was heard from the fans of Desportivo, as W. Degenhardt left the pitch in too much pain to finish the match. T. Rocha took his place on the field. The cannonball from 35 metres by B. Issa of VSC was an impressive sight, but didn't make it into the net. 83 minutes in, VSC's K. Schuiten received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. VSC claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 82 percent.

刘. 世翔 (Shixiang) performed admirably for VSC. However, P. Grünhagen made a disastrous appearance. Most important Desportivo player was N. Gripenner. R. Andersson was a disappointment, however. The match ends 4 - 0.