Almadanense 1 - 2 Portuenses (386261164)

Clouds darkened the skies at Arena Almadanense as 14744 spectators turned up for the match. Boris Hari was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tibor Demeter and Giorgio Perram. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Almadanense. They fielded: Touro - Fanopoulos, Johansen, Dombald, Kiparisov - Salvador, Brito, Mouzo, Cozma, Ioniţă - Techlovsky.

Portuenses started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Oriana - Flodander, Méndez, Torriani - Huhtimo, Melartin, Przygodzki, Jalakas, Budzyn - Nesensohn, 若坤 (Ruokun).

It seemed as though Portuenses considered the game won before even taking the field, which resulted in a very uninspired start to the game. The wings were the focus of most of Almadanense's attacks today. Making his way up the middle 13 minutes into the match, D. Kiparisov almost managed to squeeze a goal past the visitors' keeper, but the alert M. Oriana blocked it to keep the score level. At 36 minutes played, N. Mouzo came in from the right with the intention of giving Almadanense the lead, but his rocket of a shot rattled the crossbar. The visitors could have taken the lead from a free kick after 37 minutes, if it wasn't for the jaw-dropping save by P. Touro. The referee signaled a penalty for the home side after 39 minutes, amid vocal protests from the visitors. Almadanense fans erupted in celebration as M. Techlovsky rifled the ball into the the top corner. 1 - 0! 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Almadanense claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 53 percent.

The Portuenses coach was infuriated with the lax attitude of his players during the first half, and rightly so. As the players returned from the dressing room, it was clear that his message had sunk in. Portuenses's A. Budzyn had to watch the rest of the game from the sidelines, after twisting his ankle with 56 minutes having been played. N. Fourgeaud was the replacement. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Almadanense coach let A. Condelipes replace R. Brito after 65 minutes. M. Techlovsky left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 71 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. J. Turján was the replacement. The home team will be cursing 李. 若坤 (Ruokun) for weeks; he finished off a great pass from the left, knocking it past the keeper without a problem. The match was level at 1 - 1 after 72 minutes. With 73 minutes played, the visitors broke through on the right after some poor defending. M. Huhtimo put the ball away for 1 - 2. The Portuenses players could smell victory in the air. A. Przygodzki wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for A. Stadler after 85 minutes. 李. 若坤 (Ruokun) wanted to play on, but the Portuenses coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 85 minutes into the game by B. Moszkowski. Possession in this half belonged to Almadanense, who controlled the ball 52 percent of the time.

Most important Almadanense player was J. Turján. A. Condelipes on the other hand, had a terrible day. P. Nesensohn performed admirably for Portuenses. On the other hand, J. Melartin's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 2.