Lady bugs 2 - 1 castanheiros (386257180)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 23527 at Estádio Coccinella today. Loïc Bougault was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Samuel Frésard and Trevor Velez. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Lady bugs. They fielded: Freitas - Stadler, Krupskiy, Roca, Lindwall - Sacramento, Cernadas, Sertanejo, Limbeck - Soares, Angulo.

castanheiros had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: Pocevičius - van Aalst, Khanyuk, Badham - Maxim, Duarte Cardoso, Gazengel, 泉林 (Quanlin), Hermelin - Kalinaj, Ciucci.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of Lady bugs. It was an obvious ambition of castanheiros to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After 2 minutes, L. Soares came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Lady bugs the lead. Lady bugs had to manage with a reduced squad after 7 minutes, as A. Sacramento got sent off for a needless foul away from the game's action. R. Sertanejo wanted to play on, but the Lady bugs coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 7 minutes into the game by R. Cunha. Good work by the Lady bugs defensive line after 33 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found M. Angulo alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. castanheiros enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 74 percent of possession.

castanheiros had to make a substitution after 73 minutes. C. Ciucci limped off the field and was replaced by D. Costa. 76 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as B. Badham struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. M. Angulo caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 80 minutes. This gave Lady bugs the 2 - 1 lead. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by castanheiros, with 75 percent of the ball.

Lady bugs's top performer was clearly L. Soares. K. Stadler turned in a dismal performance, however. castanheiros's best player was A. Duarte Cardoso. On the other hand, F. Kalinaj's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 1.