Eremitas 1 - 1 jotapad (370703282)

29503 spectators arrived at EFC, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Helmut Gruendel was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Göran Dehlén and Paul Fischereihafen. Eremitas had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. The following players took the field: Westermar - Malenchii, das Neves, Nicolai, Câmara - Vilas, Purificação, Revilla - Carrajola, Andriescu, Marques.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for jotapad. The following players had been chosen: Schram - Russo, Grejták, Blicher, Lopes - Romov, Castex, Macedo Vale, Sirový - Mitrofanov, Aguilera.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Eremitas. jotapad focused on getting players in position for long range shots. 0 - 1 was the score with 4 minutes played, after H. Lopes cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for jotapad. jotapad's N. Romov left the field after 7 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. Caldeira. S. Aguilera was handed the jotapad captain's armband. jotapad's slick passing moves completely confused the defence after 37 minutes, but thanks to A. Westermar's miraculous save from T. Blicher's long shot the score remained unchanged. Eremitas caught their opponents out with a clever counterattack down the right wing 39 minutes into the match. J. Revilla was able to finish off the move - 1 - 1. jotapad's M. Sirový was shown a yellow card after 40 minutes for slicing down an opponent. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. jotapad claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

jotapad's G. Russo was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 65 minutes. A counterattack by Eremitas after 75 minutes could have resulted in a goal, but H. Purificação, coming in on the left, couldn't get the shot off. Eremitas had to make a substitution after 78 minutes. E. das Neves limped off the field and was replaced by A. Zumelzu. jotapad had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

O. Andriescu performed admirably for Eremitas. On the other hand, A. Zumelzu's play was disheartening. Most important jotapad player was N. Castex. A. Caldeira was a disappointment, however. The match ends 1 - 1.