Bombeiros 2 - 1 Tricolor (375953359)

Dark skies made the crowd of 41531 at Estádio Olímpico João Ruy a little nervous, but the rain held off. Bèla Steyrer was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Chanoch Givon and Alexis Malaval. Bombeiros had chosen a strategic 3-4-2 formation. Lineup: Revut - Modanese, Xereu, Galli - Paiva Neto, Muntana, Tintinyà, Pirisino - Branco, Micarelli.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Tricolor. They fielded: Monforte - Gesualdi, Jeetze - Andronico, Nawalany, Lobbestael, Bortolotti, Hertz - Maltoni, Montoya, Ćwiak.

10 minutes into the game, Bombeiros had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to inadequate. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by J. Tintinyà. At last, Bombeiros's A. Modanese was able to backheel the ball in. 1 - 0. F. Xereu unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Bombeiros claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 66 percent.

During the break, Bombeiros's coach went through the team's tactics yet again, getting them up to solid organisation. With 50 minutes played, the Tricolor coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. G. Mascheroni came on, V. Gesualdi had to leave the fray. A. Andronico became the new Tricolor captain. After 62 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Bombeiros found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to passable. A. Bortolotti tied the game at 1 - 1 after 79 minutes, when he converted an incredible pass from the right. 87 minutes into the game, Bombeiros seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a inadequate level of organisation. The Bombeiros free kick 88 minutes into the match seemed wasted, as the shot was both short and off target. But was this actually a plan? The ball landed at the feet of E. Micarelli, who was completely unmarked in the box. That's 2 - 1! Bombeiros enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

The most dominating Bombeiros player was without a doubt E. Micarelli. However, P. Revut made a disastrous appearance. Most important Tricolor player was G. Mascheroni. A. Bortolotti on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.