Paty 0 - 4 Roseira (391540420)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 23796 at Estádio Paulo Vinicius Coelho, o "PVC" today. Xaver Beitien was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Joachim Friedrich Campbell and Nicolae Bordes. People from all over Rio de Janeiro had joined up for the derby. Paty decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players took the field: Krabbe - Friis, Perrier, De Maeseneer, Sörensson, Thrane - Marin, Cubícula, Koralewicz, Sarphan - Bestini.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Roseira. They fielded: Pivnikov - Gheorghe, Jerzy - De Win, Sartori, Martín Mayor, Mansur, Steyaert - Pădureţ, Delo, Berquin.

Pressing was the tactic of the day for Paty. Today, Roseira's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. A corner kick created great disorder in the penalty area with a goal nearly scored by W. Steyaert. At last, Roseira's E. Sartori was able to backheel the ball in. 0 - 1. The home crowd cheered when, after 15 minutes, I. Pădureţ's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. At this time in the match, Paty were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. The referee showed Paty's B. Koralewicz the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 1. Possession in this half belonged to Roseira, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

It was obvious that Roseira had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Some fine movement on the left led to a Roseira goal after 50 minutes, making it 0 - 2. I. Pădureţ was noted down as the scorer. 53 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 3 as B. Delo finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. Confident in their lead, Roseira's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. W. Steyaert increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 4. J. Jerzy was ever so close to scoring after an excellent corner was beautifully flicked on by I. Pădureţ, but the ball bounced off the post to safety. Had it not been for one of the home defenders, B. Delo would have put Roseira up another goal 69 minutes into the match with his audacious lob from the right wing. Roseira had most of the ball, with 54 percent of possession.

Most important Paty player was A. Bestini. On the other hand, G. Perrier's play was disheartening. The most dominating Roseira player was without a doubt I. Pădureţ. N. Pivnikov was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.