Recosta 3 - 2 Kings (377538709)

46459 spectators had come to Altinho da Recosta this cloudy day. Jérôme Prioux was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antonio Sánchez and Idriss Diarra. Recosta had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Muylaert - Sepúlveda, Tavares, Teles da Silva - Paulo, Meneses, Antunes, Sado, Haś - Guedes, Aguião.

Kings started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players took the field: Milone - Haapala, Steenge, Boath - bin Abu, Magalhães, Diamante, Nazaré, Predieri - Buday, Kemmerzell.

L. Meneses caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 8 minutes. This gave Recosta the 1 - 0 lead. The referee showed Recosta's P. Sepúlveda the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. With 15 minutes played, Recosta put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to A. Guedes, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their G. Steenge reduced the lead to make it 2 - 1 after 24 minutes, following a pass from the right. It was 2 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Recosta, with 57 percent of the ball.

A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of Recosta to 3 - 1 as J. Tavares finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. By now, the players in Recosta felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 50 minutes into the game, J. Muylaert had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came B. Chapelas. The Recosta captaincy was handed to P. Sepúlveda. Recosta's V. Antunes got himself booked for a foul. After 58 minutes, a deliberate handball from Recosta's V. Antunes was judged to be his second bookable offence, and he was sent off. L. Buday's lightning pace was too much for J. Tavares who could only look on as the Kings player blasted one home. 3 - 2. Recosta had most of the ball, with 52 percent of possession.

Most important Recosta player was A. Guedes. B. Chapelas was a disappointment, however. Kings's best player was B. Nazaré. However, G. Boath made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.