UabPorto 4 - 1 RealSport232 (386420593)

The crowd of 6172 turning up at Uab Arena today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Nahuel Caputo was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Grgo Robović and Arturo Massidda. UabPorto had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. Lineup: Ponnet - Vaz, Jap, Frade, Veterano - Semião, Linde, Di Lullo, Santos - Medeiros, Cunha.

RealSport232 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Alves Domingues - Andrade, Simões Santos, Leal Ferreira, Esteves - Carreto, Tostes, Alves, Alecrim - Garbuz, Marques Graça.

The strategy for UabPorto was to use their ability to press. After 10 minutes, C. Cunha came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving UabPorto the lead. Some things can only be learned through experience, and M. Tostes should take his lesson to heart after nearly gifting UabPorto a goal with 18 minutes of the match played. After 21 minutes, RealSport232's J. Esteves fell awkwardly, but was determined to stay in the match. That's the spirit! After 22 minutes, C. Andrade sent the corner kick right to F. Alves who headed it sharply past the keeper. 1 - 1! 25 minutes had elapsed when a great chance for UabPorto to take the lead after a good cross from the right found F. Medeiros alone with the keeper, but he chipped it to the wrong side of the post. T. Santos of UabPorto received a yellow card after 29 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 1. UabPorto had most of the ball, with 57 percent of possession.

M. Linde spent most of the time in a heap on the ground today, his normally rapid movement hindered by the slippery pitch. The pressing tactics used by UabPorto were successful as the ball remained close to the half way line at all times. UabPorto took the lead, 2 - 1, after a penalty 66 minutes into the match. C. Cunha scored from the penalty spot. Cheers filled the stadium as E. Di Lullo broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 3 - 1 to UabPorto. R. Vaz had a fantastic opportunity to put UabPorto up another goal 70 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. With 79 minutes played, UabPorto put themselves up 4 - 1 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to C. Frade, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home. Possession in this half belonged to UabPorto, who controlled the ball 59 percent of the time.

UabPorto's best player was F. Medeiros. T. Santos turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating RealSport232 player was without a doubt A. Garbuz. On the other hand, J. Esteves's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 1.