benficaa123 2 - 4 Longa (386330504)

8282 spectators arrived at Luz Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Dean Riley was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Semen Avgustov and Mika C. Blomberg. benficaa123 started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. Lineup: Netinho - Tobolka, Ferčič, Arnaut - Ferreira Alves, Brilhante, Fidalgo, Sá - Monteiro, Ribeiro Miranda, Rodrigues.

Longa decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players took the field: Nájera - Ventura Costa, Di meo, Lapaj, Marques - Velaz de Cabrera, Tambadou, Krzyżostaniak, Turpin - Costa Saraiva, Berhayat.

Longa were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. benficaa123 were very close to putting themselves one up after 2 minutes as D. Ribeiro Miranda got through on the left, but failing in concentration, he shot the ball wide. Longa's counterattacks were lethal to the opposing defence, allowing B. Tambadou to score easily from the right flank for 0 - 1. No matter how hard he tried, A. Fidalgo just couldn't get his shot past the visitors' right side defence after 24 minutes. With 32 minutes played, Longa put themselves up 0 - 2 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was R. Velaz de Cabrera. benficaa123 had a magnificent opportunity after 38 minutes as J. Tobolka hit the ball hard from the edge of the penalty box. However, the shot went wide. benficaa123 were awarded a penalty 40 minutes into the match and C. Monteiro fired the ball into the net to make the score 1 - 2. 1 - 2 was the score after the first half. benficaa123 had most of the ball, with 51 percent of possession.

After 58 minutes a combination in the middle resulted in a through ball for B. Tambadou who increased Longa's lead to 1 - 3. K. Krzyżostaniak wanted to play on, but the Longa coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 59 minutes into the game by D. Kranz. The coach of Longa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 70 minutes, U. Boess came on for Ö. Berhayat. benficaa123 reduced the lead to 2 - 3 with 70 minutes on the clock when J. Brilhante got the best of a ball floated in from the left. With 73 minutes played, A. Ventura Costa of Longa fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 76 minutes, Longa's U. Boess burst through the central defence and let loose a cannonball of a shot, scoring for 2 - 4. C. Monteiro did everything he could to get one back for his benficaa123, but keeper J. Nájera denied him with a spectacular block. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

Most important benficaa123 player was D. Ribeiro Miranda. F. Ferreira Alves on the other hand, had a terrible day. Longa's top performer was clearly B. Tambadou. R. Velaz de Cabrera turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 4.