Carioca 2 - 0 turbinados.com (391539706)

The 70865 fans in attendance at Alçapão Verde were roasting in the hot sun. Josef Bruckner was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nils-Petter Gustavsson and Eric Keenan. All of Rio de Janeiro was shut down for the day, as fans of both clubs came to the derby. Carioca had chosen a strategic 2-5-3 formation. Starters: Palmas - Smetanko, Rossetto - 尊 (Zun) , Penha Lobo, Pivetti, Gatinara Leñano, Lundtorp - Bricche, Alarcón, Paśkiewicz.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for turbinados.com. They fielded: Brito Souza - Sunloy, Grassei, Beinat, São Tiago - Padilla, Beck, Haav, Romano, Durak - Weine.

turbinados.com clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, E. Penha Lobo scored for Carioca putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 2 minutes. K. Wojdan was called on to replace Carioca's F. Lundtorp after 4 minutes following a nasty collision. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. Carioca claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

A free kick just outside of the visitors' penalty area after 71 minutes could have resulted in another goal, but C. Brito Souza got a hand out and tipped the ball over the bar. Several players seemed a little dazed by the warm weather, and were repeatedly tricked by the clever and agile S. Paśkiewicz. After 83 minutes, S. Alarcón put Carioca ahead 2 - 0 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing. S. Alarcón wanted to play on, but the Carioca coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 83 minutes into the game by L. Tomás. After a short break after 83 minutes, Carioca seemed to change their tactical approach a bit. The players of Carioca now seemed to think the job was done and acted more defensively, just waiting for the ref to blow the final whistle. I. Bricche wasn't much help defensively. His energy-consuming forward runs proved quite costly in the oppressive heat. Carioca had most of the ball, with 61 percent of possession.

Carioca's best player was S. Paśkiewicz. However, K. Wojdan made a disastrous appearance. turbinados.com's top performer was clearly M. Romano. J. Grassei turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 2 - 0.