SPORTING 0 - 9 wado-kumi (381680094)

18995 spectators had come to Oliva Stadium this cloudy day. Andrej Pojbič was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Antoon Praet and Aurélien Teixeira. SPORTING had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. The following players took the field: Salerno - Ardustra, Ceausu, Salati - Balkheimer, Gustavsson, Peredo, Casaburo - Crespo, Vaqueiro, Stijger.

wado-kumi started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Turska - Carré, Szűcs, Ruto - Lopes, Petretto, Wildenbeest, Wołoch, Pes - Ptaszek, Okruszek.

The visiting A. Okruszek was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 6 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. The home crowd was not impressed when K. Ptaszek came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 18 minutes. wado-kumi were now up 0 - 2. Confident in their lead, wado-kumi's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. The visitors' M. Szűcs took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 27 minutes into the match. 0 - 3 for wado-kumi. A. Petretto received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 28 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 4. The wado-kumi fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Possession in this half belonged to wado-kumi, who controlled the ball 74 percent of the time.

A drive down the left side allowed H. Lopes to get in close and score another goal for wado-kumi after 47 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 5. After 51 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave J. Ruto a chance to increase the lead for wado-kumi, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 6. With 65 minutes played, wado-kumi put themselves up 0 - 7 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was A. Wołoch. After 70 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for K. Ptaszek who increased wado-kumi's lead to 0 - 8. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 71 minutes, wado-kumi did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, A. Okruszek was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 0 - 9. wado-kumi enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.

The most dominating SPORTING player was without a doubt M. Crespo. A. Salerno turned in a dismal performance, however. wado-kumi's top performer was clearly K. Ptaszek. However, G. Pes made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 9.