Amialeiros 1 - 1 squeeze (386242020)

60442 spectators arrived at Amialeiros Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Samuel Znamenáček was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Rogério Imperial and Nasser Khalil Basri. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Amialeiros. The following players had been chosen: Campanella - Kasabov, Batzu, Castaño - da Luz, Martin, Mercês, Weichelt, Duarte - Pipão, Hrabina.

squeeze had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. They fielded: Giró - Suárez, Buchalik, Freire, Vita - Siciliano, Karlshof, Sousa Tavares - Rosa, Aksak, Mariotti.

squeeze clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. squeeze earned themselves a free kick after a counterattack wasn't dealt with adequately by their opponents. R. Siciliano powered the shot in for 0 - 1. Amialeiros's P. Hrabina made a successful breakthrough on the left after 20 minutes and should have levelled the score, but instead he clipped it over the bar. squeeze mounted an inspired counterattack down the right wing after 21 minutes, but V. Sousa Tavares was unable to convert from short range. Amialeiros's P. Hrabina left the field after 22 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was A. António. A. Campanella became the new Amialeiros captain. After 32 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as squeeze found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. After 41 minutes of play, A. Pipão evened things up for Amialeiros with an impressive goal coming up the middle. 1 - 1. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Amialeiros claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 77 percent.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that squeeze had solid organisation. Many thought A. António ought to have been awarded a penalty 61 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around G. Giró after a determined run through the middle. The referee showed squeeze's N. Mariotti the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 72 minutes into the game, I. Kasabov had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came J. Hiltula. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Amialeiros, with 76 percent of the ball.

Amialeiros's top performer was clearly D. Mercês. However, A. António made a disastrous appearance. squeeze's best player was M. Aksak. R. Siciliano turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 1.