Rabixas 1 - 1 sempreporto (386274257)

45480 spectators had come to Estádio Olivarense this cloudy day. Bartłomiej Kulinicz was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Márk Zékány and Andrea Pavarotti. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rabixas. Lineup: Silva - Hinić, Batlle y Ordoñez, Osmachko - Figueiredo, Teixeira, Silva, de Jesus, Herylovich - Armínio, Flores.

sempreporto had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Albano - Albores, Korenjak, Autuori - Darasz, Aguilar, Vergani, Nangeroni, Tamppinen - Audemard, Mitterer.

Rabixas seemed to prefer attacking in the middle. The wings were the focus of most of sempreporto's attacks today. C. Armínio caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 19 minutes. This gave Rabixas the 1 - 0 lead. Coming through the middle D. Audemard almost scored the equaliser for sempreporto after 20 minutes, but T. Silva made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. Rabixas's P. Flores left the field after 33 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was C. Padrão. A great save by keeper E. Albano after 42 minutes kept the visitors in the game after D. Hinić struck from the left with a real cannonball. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Rabixas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 64 percent.

After 49 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by C. Padrão might have resulted in another goal for Rabixas. However, E. Albano made a spectacular save. Rabixas were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. V. Herylovich caught everyone off guard with a great opening pass - but unfortunately V. Figueiredo was as surprised by the move as anybody else, and managed to miss the extraordinary opportunity. The visiting team's A. Aguilar was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 78 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. As the 78 minute mark approached, the Rabixas coach decided it was time for a substitution. S. de Jesus reluctantly made way for R. Celeste on the pitch. Possession in this half belonged to Rabixas, who controlled the ball 70 percent of the time.

Rabixas's best player was L. Silva. O. Osmachko was a disappointment, however. Most important sempreporto player was H. Mitterer. However, S. Korenjak made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 1 - 1.