fcoliveira 3 - 2 S.C.BARREIROS (386370186)

The crowd of 15768 turning up at oliveira do douro dragão stade today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Diego Hagedoorn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Ziedonis Laķis and Dymitr Dorosz. fcoliveira had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Capri - Paulina, de Almeida, Pereira Pires - Avidar, Marques, Yordanov, Saavedra, Spławski - Nunes, Rodrigues.

S.C.BARREIROS started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Mourinho - Chrobry, Mitscherlich, Tündik - Dueckert, Giovine, Yousef, Ganca, Dürrenmatt - Opseth, Gonçalves Machado.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for fcoliveira. It was an obvious ambition of S.C.BARREIROS to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. B. Gonçalves Machado, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. fcoliveira's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. T. Marques of fcoliveira received a yellow card after 38 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. S. Yordanov caused the crowd to go mental with his goal up the middle after 40 minutes. This gave fcoliveira the 1 - 0 lead. 41 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as S. Ganca struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. Thighs bulging, A. Rodrigues charged past the weaker players, seemingly oblivious to the rain. After 44 minutes, I. Avidar came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 2 - 1, giving fcoliveira the lead. 2 - 1 was the score after the first half. fcoliveira claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

After 56 minutes, fcoliveira were awarded a free kick. Rather than shooting straight at goal, the taker went for an indirect variant which seemed to take his team mates a bit by surprise. P. de Almeida did attempt a finish, but from an awkward position, sending the ball into the away fans. A speedy charge from the left side of the field increased the lead of fcoliveira to 3 - 1 as S. Yordanov finished it off competently, firing in from an acute angle. Attacking on the wings was the choice for S.C.BARREIROS, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Ater 74 minutes A. Opseth seized on an opportunistic attack from the right, and scored for S.C.BARREIROS making it 3 - 2. A. Opseth made a run for the goal 79 minutes into the game but the home team's left back managed to sort the situation out in the end. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by fcoliveira, with 55 percent of the ball.

A. Rodrigues performed admirably for fcoliveira. F. Paulina was a disappointment, however. S.C.BARREIROS's top performer was clearly D. Dueckert. However, R. Mourinho made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 3 - 2.