piracycaba 0 - 3 Sociedade (391608531)

Due to an all-day shower, 8903 paying spectators got to see a match on a pitch-turned-bog at Barão de Serra Negra. Ahmed Indahl was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Volker Blaich and Tomas Gröönblom. People from all over São Paulo had joined up for the derby. piracycaba tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Smilga - Forano, Rūja, de Lara, Passos - Silvestre, Macarrão, Tchouperev, Negrão - Leão, Pérez Frías.

Sociedade had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. They fielded: Abud - da Penha, Carneiro Santos, Biejan, Piau - Antoine, Méndez, Figueroa, Claesson - Skouzas, Vigil.

The strategy for Sociedade was to use their ability to press. The rain made it hard for players like J. Rūja to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. C. Méndez delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 34 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on Sociedade's side this time and the ball went wide. F. Passos, who often relies on his speed, had a rotten day on the drenched grass. Sociedade pressed their opponents, causing the game to be a bit of a stalemate at times. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave P. Leão from piracycaba a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 38 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! piracycaba created a good opportunity to score 39 minutes into the match when P. Leão's hooked ball from the left created a scuffle in front of the goal, and the visitors' defenders had a hard time clearing the ball. Sociedade's M. Biejan left the field after 43 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was M. Schichweldt. S. Figueroa was the new captain of Sociedade - handed the armband by the departing player. 0 - 1 was the score with 44 minutes played, after B. Piau cut through the central defence and chipped home a goal for Sociedade. piracycaba's D. de Lara was shown a yellow card after 44 minutes for slicing down an opponent. It was 0 - 1 at the break. Sociedade enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 62 percent of possession.

C. Skouzas received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 47 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 0 - 2. The Sociedade fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. A drive down the left side allowed C. Méndez to get in close and score another goal for Sociedade after 68 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. By now, the players in Sociedade felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. I. Smilga got a fingertip on C. Méndez's shot from the left 70 minutes in, and managed to keep the visitors from going up another goal. M. Vigil was, after 73 minutes, almost able to extend the visitors' lead with a well placed diving header after the ball had looped into the centre, but the home side's keeper I. Smilga made the save. Possession in this half belonged to Sociedade, who controlled the ball 65 percent of the time.

piracycaba's top performer was clearly P. Leão. N. Tchouperev was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Sociedade player was without a doubt M. Vigil. N. Antoine turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 3.