team 4 - 0 gomes (370743504)

Clear skies welcomed the 43967 spectators who had made their way to The kassam Arena. Kamiel Andries was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Simon Eule and Vincent Verdoes. team had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. Lineup: Benquerença - Uusvuori, Rychagov, Hardy - Chichanov, Resende, Sobreda, Garcia - Paillaman, Conceição, Egeland.

gomes decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: De Castella - Pinto, Kotrba, Moinho - Jeulin, Gioi, Fazio, Afroudakis, Cuervo - Castellet, Grochocki.

team used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. gomes's M. Grochocki could have put the guests one up after 2 minutes after chasing a through ball from the right, but A. Benquerença was as fast as a snake, grabbing the ball from under his nose. team took the lead 6 minutes in, as L. Garcia broke through on the left and put the 1 - 0 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. Coming through the middle Z. Gioi almost scored the equaliser for gomes after 23 minutes, but A. Benquerença made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. Central attacks were the recipe of the day for team, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. team solidified their lead at the 30 minute mark, as H. Sobreda dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. Confident in their lead, team's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The home side's D. Conceição came close to extending the lead 32 minutes into the game. His shot came in from the right hand side but D. De Castella managed to save it with an unbelievable reaction stop. team's K. Egeland had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 36 minutes having been played. S. Fernandes was the replacement. Halftime score was 2 - 0. team enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 54 percent of possession.

team had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. S. Fernandes squirmed through their central defence after 50 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. Given a free kick close to the byline, team tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let S. Fernandes slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 4 - 0, 62 minutes into the game. D. Conceição should probably have put his team up another goal after 66 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by D. De Castella kept the visitors in the game. team players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. team's S. Fernandes saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 70 minutes. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

team's top performer was clearly J. Paillaman. H. Sobreda on the other hand, had a terrible day. R. Kotrba performed admirably for gomes. However, E. Moinho made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 4 - 0.