nampu 5 - 0 Costa (389578266)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 12000 had shown up at Barbourfields for the match. Massimo Traverso was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Thomas Daniels and Keny Gallard. nampu had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Starters: Tyras - Thorsgaard, Dichmann, Soares - Anioł, Eichendorff, Kmetty, Vaz Pereira, Csöregh - Pedrosa Silva, Soares.

A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Costa. Lineup: Guerra - Moreira, Risco, Paúl, Bento - Araújo, Machado, Guerreiro Martins, Barros - Augusto, Pinho Ribeiro.

Costa's H. Moreira left the field after 10 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was T. Leitão. Many thought M. Csöregh ought to have been awarded a penalty 13 minutes into the game, as he went down trying to dribble around E. Guerra after a determined run through the middle. nampu broke through on the left 14 minutes into the game, with J. Pedrosa Silva firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in nampu's A. Anioł increasing the lead to 2 - 0. The players of nampu now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. With 26 minutes played, V. Augusto of Costa fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. The teams went for the halftime break at 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by nampu, with 71 percent of the ball.

N. Araújo almost seemed to dance around R. Thorsgaard, his movements were so smooth. Unfortunately for Costa, his finish ended up on the wrong side of the post. Against a lesser team, nampu could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 64 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. A. Guerreiro Martins's lack of experience almost gave nampu a goal after 67 minutes, but the shot went right into the keeper's arms. nampu's A. Soares increased the lead to 3 - 0, after he saw his shot go between the legs of the advancing goalkeeper following some good play down the right wing after 72 minutes. After 76 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by nampu was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. Cheers filled the stadium as I. Kmetty broke through the visitors' central defence to put away the ball to increase the lead to 4 - 0 to nampu. nampu put themselves up 5 - 0 when J. Pedrosa Silva broke through on the right, leaving the entire defence trailing in his wake. nampu had most of the ball, with 74 percent of possession.

The most dominating nampu player was without a doubt R. Soares. M. Csöregh on the other hand, had a terrible day. E. Pinho Ribeiro performed admirably for Costa. J. Risco was a disappointment, however. The match ends 5 - 0.