Água 0 - 5 Legends (375941504)

The 28643 spectators at Estádio das Macieiras were in for an afternoon of sunshine. Matthew Smith was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Frodo Supantschitz and Fredrik Einarsson. Água decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Fontán - Falise, Avalos, Csopaki, Hildebrandt - Azambuja, Mosquito, Lepistö, Puskás - Gago, Caro.

Legends had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. They fielded: Scanu - Lonco, Trampoukidis - Mossgård, Barynin, Goerhrke, Cotera, Ferri - Pietikäinen, Farspour, Maestre Osorio.

The wings were the focus of most of Água's attacks today. Legends seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. It was a hot and sunny day, and several players seemed worn out. Maybe this was why S. Pietikäinen found an unusual amount of space for his snappy footwork. 0 - 1 was the score with 27 minutes played, after A. Goerhrke cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Legends. 31 minutes in, Água appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only passable. J. Farspour received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 39 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Legends fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. After 41 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Mossgård a chance to increase the lead for Legends, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. It was 0 - 3 at the break. Legends had most of the ball, with 69 percent of possession.

During the break, Água's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. N. Trampoukidis of Legends seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 0 - 4 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by Y. Barynin. The players of Legends now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. Água's D. Gago found himself alone on the left side 59 minutes into the match and laid down a perfect shot - right into the arms of the keeper! Content with how the game was proceeding, the Legends coach let X. Salvel replace M. Lonco after 60 minutes. With 60 minutes played, the Água coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. C. Dulal came on, M. Puskás had to leave the fray. As the game started to slip away for Água, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The referee showed Legends's J. Mossgård the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. After 67 minutes, Legends's Y. Barynin burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 0 - 5. 70 minutes into the match, A. Maestre Osorio came through the middle and almost added to his team's lead, but the shot went wide. After 76 minutes Água's C. Dulal contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Legends enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 70 percent of possession.

D. Gago performed admirably for Água. On the other hand, E. Avalos's play was disheartening. The most dominating Legends player was without a doubt J. Farspour. F. Ferri turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 5.