Açorianos 0 - 4 Mifs (386269506)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 21601 at estadio galaxia açoriana f c today. Václav Prskavec was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Lars-Erik Johansson and Aron Cãlin. Açorianos started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Kinget - Albelda, Campos Melo, Destruel, Prinner - Bredsjö, Hristov, Acosta, Storie, Payén - Appeldoorn.

Mifs tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Starters: Meissner - Lima, Çağbay, Mathiasson, Siciliani - Jaud, Wambersie, Toniolo, Quant - Karstensson, Ulrichskirchen.

Açorianos immediately set off using their skill at pressing their opponents. Açorianos made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left P. Albelda completely alone with keeper H. Meissner, who made a spectacular block. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, O. Çağbay got himself booked. The manager of Mifs was not happy. Halftime score was 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Mifs, with 51 percent of the ball.

The terraces were silenced after 72 minutes when Mifs's J. Karstensson put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. After 79 minutes, a mistake by the home side's left defence allowed M. Mathiasson to get through. He outclassed the home side's keeper, adding another goal for the visitors. 0 - 2. Given a free kick close to the byline, Mifs tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let G. Toniolo slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 3, 87 minutes into the game. G. Siciliani of Mifs took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 89 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 4. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Mifs lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. Mifs claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 62 percent.

F. Acosta performed admirably for Açorianos. However, J. Prinner made a disastrous appearance. Most important Mifs player was O. Çağbay. K. Quant was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.