Exebhurg 5 - 3 Algés (370930821)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 5281 had shown up at Dark Arena for the match. Eleksas Staikūnas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alberto Meléndez and Mugurel Bunescu. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Exebhurg. They fielded: Domingos Martins - Rabaça, Macedo, Melo, Martins Leitão - Charruadas, Loinaz, Fernandes Guerreiro, Machado - Nogueira Pinto, França.

Algés tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Basto - Teixeira Cunha, Vieira Moreira, Rabicho, Gritti - Wittmannsdorff, Kacała, Cardoso Barbosa, Gherasim - Medeiros, Krant.

It was obvious that Algés were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. After 2 minutes of play, P. Melo gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. M. Martins Leitão squirmed through their central defence after 5 minutes, increasing the lead to 2 - 0. With 22 minutes played, Exebhurg's Â. Nogueira Pinto almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. E. Domingos Martins made a brilliant save 26 minutes into the match, blocking a rocket of a shot from E. Medeiros on the right hand side. D. Macedo's lack of experience almost gave Algés a goal after 29 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Exebhurg claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

G. Machado increased Exebhurg's lead to 3 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. After 56 minutes, P. Melo put Exebhurg ahead 4 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. The visitors got one back when R. Rabicho finished off a pass from the left and scored after 57 minutes. 4 - 1 was the score. A. Gherasim had a couple of good opportunities to reply, but the home team's keeper E. Domingos Martins was simply unbeatable. 67 minutes into the match Exebhurg's D. Macedo viciously shoved another player from behind while going for a loose ball and was sent off the pitch with a red card. Algés were forced into a substitution as S. Krant couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing Ó. Pereira to come in off the bench. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Algés's P. Wittmannsdorff somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for Ó. Pereira, who struck for 4 - 2. Exebhurg solidified their lead at the 70 minute mark, as A. Loinaz dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 2. Algés's ability to press all over the field frequently paid dividends. Algés fought on and, after 79 minutes, P. Wittmannsdorff was able to reduce the deficit to 5 - 3 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Exebhurg, with 58 percent of the ball.

Â. Nogueira Pinto performed admirably for Exebhurg. On the other hand, E. Domingos Martins's play was disheartening. Most important Algés player was E. Medeiros. However, D. Gritti made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 5 - 3.