Agostinho 1 - 2 Nome (386270053)

The crowd of 22165 turning up at N.S.A. ARENA today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Eirik Dalen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mikhail Gaenko and Per Knutsson. Agostinho had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. They fielded: Hiltunen - Paven, Len', Olcay, Sidorencu - Santos, Josífek, Vanhaecke - Stormark, Edén, De Muynck.

Nome tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. The following players took the field: Poço - Gávea, Mejías Ruiz, 城泰 (Chengtai) - Roi, Eckenroth, Gonçalves Filipe, Didden, Padrão - Teles Costa, Herdina.

M. Paven slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. A mistake by the home side's central defence after 15 minutes allowed E. Gonçalves Filipe to score for Nome. The scoreboard now read 0 - 1. Agostinho's L. Sidorencu got himself booked for a foul. After a scuffle in the guests' penalty area 21 minutes into the game, the home team was awarded a penalty. M. De Muynck scored to make it 1 - 1. O. Herdina had a good try after 29 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when N. Teles Costa slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against J. Hiltunen, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. 1 - 1 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Nome, who controlled the ball 61 percent of the time.

Nome took the lead after 59 minutes making the score 1 - 2. N. Teles Costa placed the ball out of reach for the home side's keeper after a fine move, coming in from the left. C. Tavoularis was called on to replace Agostinho's M. Paven after 63 minutes following a nasty collision. With 68 minutes played, Agostinho's M. De Muynck found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Nome enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Agostinho's top performer was clearly M. De Muynck. M. Olcay on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating Nome player was without a doubt N. Teles Costa. However, V. Poço made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 2.