slb 1 - 0 Raayinaer (390061871)

40884 spectators had found their way to Estadio da Luz, despite the heavy rain. Martino Resta was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Umberto Staab and Paolo Linetti. slb had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Lineup: Georgiev - Virpi, Torti, Bunjevac, Villa - Overlack, Zrnić, Oetinger, Wijbenga, Tuccillo - Signorini.

Raayinaer started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Morales - Pedregal, Žula, Bravo - Nora, Yianitsanakis, Mišić, Møller Pedersen, Borgia - Crow, Leitão.

slb tried to focus their attacks down the middle. The boggy pitch disrupted the game, especially for technical players like G. Borgia. V. Leitão of Raayinaer was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. The guests almost went up by a goal after 26 minutes when V. Leitão came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. slb fans held their breath as D. Zrnić scampered down the left side. He successfully avoided all challenges and cracked home the shot for 1 - 0! It was 1 - 0 at the break. slb enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 55 percent of possession.

J. Signorini should probably have put his team up another goal after 63 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by P. Morales kept the visitors in the game. Raayinaer's S. Mišić got himself booked for a foul. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, J. Bunjevac of slb spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. slb claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

slb's top performer was clearly J. Signorini. A. Torti turned in a dismal performance, however. V. Leitão performed admirably for Raayinaer. B. Nora on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 0.