Barreirense 4 - 0 Benfica (386275274)

Fairly good weather for football had drawn a crowd of 44176 to Jacques stadium. Viktor Geut was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Bernt Rager and Ignacio Fernández. Barreirense tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Bonito - Mendes, Einarsson, Andrade - Oliveira, van Krimpen, Lemmrich, Barba, Amaro - bin Ariffin, Ranila.

A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Benfica. The following players took the field: Tomescu - Fraga, Trindade Santos, Grimaldi - Halet, Holáčik, Huegle, Jimenez, Hara - Costa, Lopes.

After some beautiful movement down the left wing, M. bin Ariffin scored for Barreirense putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 12 minutes. T. Einarsson increased Barreirense's lead to 2 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. The home crowd roared its approval when H. Jimenez missed a chance to reduce the lead from a penalty for Benfica after 35 minutes. M. Turi was called on to replace Benfica's K. Holáčik after 40 minutes following a nasty collision. After 41 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and M. bin Ariffin gave the Barreirense supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 3 - 0. 3 - 0 was the score after the first half. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Benfica's J. Lopes got himself booked for a foul. T. Einarsson wanted to play on, but the Barreirense coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 60 minutes into the game by J. Germain. A. Barba left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 64 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. L. Kiekebarg was the replacement. 68 minutes in, Benfica's J. Costa received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. N. Ranila's knee will be throbbing for days, but thankfully for Barreirense, he bravely continued in the match. After 75 minutes, Barreirense's N. Ranila surprised everyone as he managed to intercept a pass intended for the opposing keeper and flip it in, making the score 4 - 0. Possession in this half belonged to Barreirense, who controlled the ball 58 percent of the time.

The most dominating Barreirense player was without a doubt M. bin Ariffin. On the other hand, G. van Krimpen's play was disheartening. H. Jimenez performed admirably for Benfica. J. Lopes turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 4 - 0.