Oliveira 1 - 4 BigFoot (386486654)

12000 spectators had found their way to Oliveiral, despite the heavy rain. Sverre Rennik was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arild Halvorsen and Marius Ţica. Oliveira started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: Martins - Pinto Antunes, Ribeirinha, Alves, Jesus - Merca, Sécio, Monteiro Carvalho, Videira - Vilar, Nunes.

BigFoot tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. Lineup: van den Berghe - Cossa, Gurka, Gáti, Seracino - Esteves, Delarami, Dociera, Cáceres - Berns, Muscas.

Today, BigFoot's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, A. Delarami got himself booked. The manager of BigFoot was not happy. The terraces were silenced after 18 minutes when BigFoot's A. Delarami put the guests ahead 0 - 1, following an attack on the right. With 33 minutes having been played, Oliveira scored to make it 1 - 1. A dribble down the left wing, followed by a shot which took a wicked bounce off a defender resulted in the keeper having no chance. Everyone thought it'd been an own goal, but N. Vilar was marked down as the scorer. S. Cossa slipped and slithered in the wet grass. His usual rapid runs were nowhere to be seen today. Oliveira had a good opportunity to take the lead as P. Merca came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of R. van den Berghe. Oliveira created a good opportunity to score 42 minutes into the match when J. Sécio's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. BigFoot took the lead after F. Cáceres curved a free kick into the net. 1 - 2 The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. BigFoot claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 52 percent.

63 minutes into the game, S. Ribeirinha came close to levelling the score with a dangerous shot from the centre of the area that went just over the bar. One of many good crosses from F. Cáceres on the wing was received and skillfully taken care of by G. Muscas, who scored for BigFoot. 1 - 3 70 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 1 - 4 as G. Muscas finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Oliveira had a brilliant opportunity to reply as P. Merca received a high ball from the right, striking the ball in the air. Only R. van den Berghe's reflexes saved him. J. Nunes almost reduced the deficit, having drawn the entire left side defence away, but the shot went straight into the arms of the goalkeeper. Oliveira had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

P. Merca performed admirably for Oliveira. B. Martins on the other hand, had a terrible day. BigFoot's best player was A. Dociera. On the other hand, R. van den Berghe's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 4.