Oporto 2 - 0 António (386289371)

26175 spectators arrived at Oporto Soccer Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Sabahudin Kulovac was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nitzan Peleg and Volkan Hasene. Oporto decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: St. John - Oberransmayr, Ragot, Tajeira, Moya, Stycka - Szücs, Aunes Melchor, Jiménez Gracia, Bru - Langerud.

António started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. Starters: Clariana - Durán, Aguada, Palmira Ferreira, Krahl - Machado, Ravski, Lungarella, Patti - Bartlett, Guerra.

Oporto used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. António clearly preferred using their ability to attack in the middle. Oporto could have put themselves ahead after 17 minutes but V. Jiménez Gracia missed a volley shot on a ball coming in from the right. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Oporto's Y. Bru somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for D. Langerud, who struck for 1 - 0. The António coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. Oporto had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. António's V. Lungarella left the field after 35 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was S. Bergers. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. Oporto had most of the ball, with 65 percent of possession.

D. Langerud wanted to play on, but the Oporto coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by P. Santaliestra. O. Tajeira left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. L. Balboa was the replacement. J. Aunes Melchor became the new Oporto captain. The coach of Oporto was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, 曾. 荣民 (Rongmin) came on for F. Oberransmayr. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, Y. Bru got himself booked. The manager of Oporto was not happy. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, António's C. Ravski was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 75 minutes. D. Giani was given a chance to change things around. 80 minutes into the game, António had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to solid. António's S. Bergers was shown a yellow card after 83 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 86 minutes, Oporto's V. Jiménez Gracia found the back of the goal with a beautiful free kick. 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Oporto, with 73 percent of the ball.

Oporto's top performer was clearly V. Jiménez Gracia. However, M. St. John made a disastrous appearance. Most important António player was A. Guerra. B. Machado was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.