Grande 2 - 0 porkox (386783290)

The 7000 fans in attendance at Porto - Grande Porto Stadium were roasting in the hot sun. Henri Kyrölä was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eugenio Masarik and Vilmos Jeszenszky. Grande had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players had been chosen: Freire - Albuquerque, Negro, Martins, Vinhas - Araújo, Carqueja, Silva Santos, Beires - Ribeiro, Proença.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for porkox. Lineup: Mexia - Cardenha, França, Cortês, Barros - Pedrógão, Camacho, Granjeiro, Cardinal - Zamora, Cecílio.

After 18 minutes of play, E. Ribeiro gave the home team a 1 - 0 lead after an attack coming in from the right. porkox's right side looked dangerous 21 minutes in, but M. Freire made a good save on M. Cortês's hard shot to the top corner. É. Zamora enjoyed the sunshine and demonstrated his stunning technique over and over again. A great save by keeper P. Mexia after 34 minutes kept the visitors in the game after V. Negro struck from the left with a real cannonball. The visitors almost came back with an equaliser 35 minutes into the match after a good combination down the middle, but when A. Cardinal tried to finish the attack, he couldn't deliver the shot hard enough to seriously challenge the keeper. F. Beires had a fantastic opportunity to put Grande up another goal 37 minutes into the match, but he fired just over the crossbar. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Possession in this half belonged to Grande, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

As usual, J. Barros tried to use his strength and hard work for the benefit of the team, but the heat hit him hard and he couldn't keep pace at all. porkox were close to putting the equaliser away after 68 minutes as the opposing defence lost control of the ball to M. Cortês in a scuffle towards the left of the goal, but in the end the ball was cleared over the dead ball line. R. Proença unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. The intense heat forced J. Albuquerque into making some errors because he couldn't seem to keep up with the others. Grande's X. Carqueja saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 75 minutes. After 77 minutes, V. Negro put Grande ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. Grande put in a good effort on the right, but D. Araújo saw his volley fly wide of the mark 80 minutes into the game. porkox almost scored after a swift counterattack 81 minutes into the game, but A. Cardinal put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. E. Camacho of porkox was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Grande claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 59 percent.

Grande's best player was D. Araújo. X. Carqueja on the other hand, had a terrible day. The most dominating porkox player was without a doubt M. Cecílio. However, P. Mexia made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 2 - 0.