Wisla 5 - 1 Alvalade (379709140)

The crowd of 2224 turning up at Wisła arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Bruno Incudine was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Matteo Battazza and Marco Lamoureux. Wisla started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Durand - Borgosz, Diesel, Bacia - Michaeli, Donajski, Bălăşoiu, Hieblinger, Cselaszki - Myrbo, Loisy.

Alvalade tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Nunes - Teixeira, Stoschka, Barroso - Clemêncio, Chaves, Pullheim, Geitenbeek, Salta - Matos Mendes, Sellers.

Today, Alvalade's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. The referee showed Wisla's J. Donajski the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. V. Loisy caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 10 minutes. This gave Wisla the 1 - 0 lead. Wisla solidified their lead at the 22 minute mark, as P. Myrbo dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. The game was characterised by rough play and many physical challenges on the wet field, but M. Cselaszki showed great heart and had a good game. Cheers filled the stadium as T. Borgosz broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 0 to Wisla. Halftime score was 3 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Wisla, who controlled the ball 62 percent of the time.

M. Bacia could have put Wisla up one more, but he fired into the side netting after breaking free on the left after 62 minutes. With 66 minutes played, S. Salta of Alvalade fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. It was a bad day for the usually speedy P. Bălăşoiu. The mud seemed to slow him down. Wisla put themselves up 4 - 0 when A. Michaeli broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. Confident in their lead, Wisla's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. J. Diesel of Wisla seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 5 - 0 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by P. Bălăşoiu. M. Cselaszki had a fantastic opportunity to put Wisla up another goal 83 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. The game was close to savage at times, and Alvalade's S. Salta received a second yellow card after 85 minutes; his ticket out of the game. P. Myrbo of Wisla had to be helped off the pitch as an injury meant he was unable to finish the game. D. Gallorini came in to finish the match. Morale on the visitors' bench was greatly improved when their E. Matos Mendes reduced the lead to make it 5 - 1 after 87 minutes, following a pass from the right. Wisla's P. Bălăşoiu got himself booked for a foul. Wisla enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 63 percent of possession.

The most dominating Wisla player was without a doubt D. Gallorini. M. Bacia turned in a dismal performance, however. E. Matos Mendes performed admirably for Alvalade. B. Nunes on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 1.