azes 4 - 0 1000000000000000000 (386368182)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 6806 at Rosenthal today. Jürgen Ruf was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Sylvain Auroux and Jason Prevoo. A 3-5-2 alignment was the formation of choice for azes. They fielded: Corte - Lopes Bento, Nascimento Silva, Neves - Santos, Gonçalves Rodrigues, Portela, Rocha Correia, Santos Queirós - Mesquita Pereira, Mateus Costa.

1000000000000000000 had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Starters: Lola - Nunes, Matias Oliveira, de Almeida, Pinho Gonçalves - Piedade, Carvalho, Costa, Praia - Sabarigo, Arrábida.

With 10 minutes played I. Mesquita Pereira almost put the home team one ahead on a cross coming in from the right, but the shot went just wide. They were singing the praises of P. Santos 21 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to azes. With 26 minutes played, A. Nunes of 1000000000000000000 fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. A. Portela of azes received a yellow card after 29 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. azes's L. Mateus Costa saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 34 minutes. The referee showed 1000000000000000000's M. de Almeida the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Gonçalves Rodrigues unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. A foul called during a 1000000000000000000 counterattack resulted in a great chance to score, but A. Nunes's shot rattled off the post. azes's I. Mesquita Pereira got himself booked for a foul. azes solidified their lead at the 39 minute mark, as E. Rocha Correia dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 2 - 0. It was 2 - 0 at the break. azes enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 67 percent of possession.

1000000000000000000's A. Piedade was shown a yellow card after 55 minutes for slicing down an opponent. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of azes to 3 - 0 as I. Mesquita Pereira finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. With 75 minutes played, azes put themselves up 4 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to E. Rocha Correia, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Confident in their lead, azes's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Possession in this half belonged to azes, who controlled the ball 68 percent of the time.

I. Mesquita Pereira performed admirably for azes. On the other hand, J. Nascimento Silva's play was disheartening. 1000000000000000000's best player was S. Pinho Gonçalves. M. de Almeida on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 4 - 0.