Tornado 4 - 0 aveyro (370788766)

20917 fans braved the pouring rain at Tornado stadium. Daniel Stoschka was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ataliba D'Ávila and Tim Elg. Tornado had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Roniger - San Cucufate, Fioretti, Torgal - Forgione, Kogara, Goetschmann, Polić-Kamov, Videira - Alves, Beggio.

aveyro decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Fivelim - Lima, Passinhas, Monteiro, Rodrigues - Dias Rocha, Coutinho, Tempo, Santos Graça - Marmelo, Moreira Fonseca.

Tornado were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. Tornado took the lead after 8 minutes as a result of V. Polić-Kamov's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 1 - 0. It was a bad day for the usually speedy L. Alves. The mud seemed to slow him down. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 24 minutes, Tornado did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, L. Alves was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 2 - 0. aveyro's A. Coutinho refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 28 minutes. Tornado were determined to attack on the wing and their central attempts were constantly abandoned in favour of the wings. Tornado increased the lead as L. Alves struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper. After this, you could see that the players of Tornado were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. After 32 minutes of play, Tornado's M. Torgal unexpectedly struck an inside out ball from no angle at all and C. Videira slotted it into the net for 4 - 0. aveyro's A. Passinhas got himself booked for a foul. Tornado's O. Roniger went down after a savage challenge, but could continue playing after some medical attention. The teams went for the halftime break at 4 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Tornado, with 73 percent of the ball.

56 minutes in, Tornado's C. Videira received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. G. Goetschmann unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. Tornado had most of the ball, with 71 percent of possession.

Most important Tornado player was L. Alves. However, C. Videira made a disastrous appearance. H. Marmelo performed admirably for aveyro. H. Lima on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.