Guardiões 4 - 3 Calisto (386253545)

It was an exceptionally sunny day for the crowd of 48597 that came out to Recinto dos Guardiões. Juan Pedro Buron Cuadrado was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Per Bergvik and Joachim Dziobak. Guardiões tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: Iffiú - Botella, Novoa, Ytreland - Tantera, Caixinha, Krinner, Silva Baptista, Vatashki - Jory, Silva Alexandre.

Calisto had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Russo - Merino, Zimmermann, Franco Ferreira - Calado, Godinho, Calisto, Machado, D'Ambrosi - Niedzwiecki, Ribeiro Mendes.

With 10 minutes played, the home side managed to get a 1 - 0 lead as H. Silva Alexandre flipped the ball in after a cross from the right. After 21 minutes, the visitors levelled the scores after J. Zimmermann made it through the middle and struck home to make it 1 - 1. Some great play up the middle by Guardiões led to a chance for H. Krinner to score after 23 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Guardiões took the lead after 25 minutes as a result of P. Novoa's peach of a shot from the right hand side of the box - placed beautifully in the top corner. 2 - 1. After 30 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 2 - 2 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by P. D'Ambrosi. Calisto's V. Calado got himself booked for a foul. It was 2 - 2 at the break. Calisto enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 52 percent of possession.

V. Franco Ferreira really should have scored when he was chosen by fate to confront a wide open goal following a great play by V. Calado after a corner. Guardiões took the lead 80 minutes in, as G. Tantera broke through on the left and put the 3 - 2 shot just beyond the reach of the outstretched keeper. After 83 minutes, H. Krinner put Guardiões ahead 4 - 2 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Confident in their lead, Guardiões's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Having been awarded a free kick in an awkward position after 86 minutes, Calisto did not go for a shot but instead fired the ball hard into the 6 yard box. After a brief tussle with his marker, D. Machado was able to power the ball past the keeper to make the score 4 - 3. This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

The most dominating Guardiões player was without a doubt L. Jory. On the other hand, H. Krinner's play was disheartening. Calisto's best player was D. Machado. V. Calado turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 3.