tricolor 5 - 2 Tomta (391671335)

The crowd of 4725 turning up at durival brito e silva vila capanema today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Silviu Bãlãceanu was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eno Pula and Chrisanthos Trapezanidis. tricolor started off with a 4-4-2 lineup. They fielded: de Tocantins - Prego, Gontijo, Marconatto, Gontijo - Ribas, Mazon, da Criação, Figueroa - Sertório, Ceni.

Tomta had chosen a strategic 4-4-2 formation. The following players took the field: Zeković - de Alencar, Abrantes, Melro, Manfré - Altamirano, Diniz, La Piana, Cunha Bueno - da Silva Sá, Fattahi.

Tomta were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. tricolor took the lead, 1 - 0, after a penalty 11 minutes into the match. R. Ceni scored from the penalty spot. 20 minutes into the match, the visitors' central line of defence had to look on as S. Ribas broke through, making the score 2 - 0 for tricolor. 22 minutes in, an amazing pass from the left side resulted in a goal for the visitors, as A. Manfré anticipated the through ball and scored, reducing the deficit to 2 - 1. After 23 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by tricolor was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. 2 - 1 was the halftime score. tricolor enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

Sensing defeat in the air, the Tomta manager directed F. Fattahi and M. da Silva Sá to change positions with each other. This was 46 minutes into the match. tricolor made it 3 - 1 as P. Gontijo got a touch to the floated corner kick and flicked the ball to G. da Criação who whipped a low drive in off the far post. A magnificent combination in the middle resulted in tricolor's P. Gontijo increasing the lead to 4 - 1. Confident in their lead, tricolor's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. tricolor were given a gift! The ref dubiously awarded them a penalty 60 minutes into the match, which was neatly put away by R. Ceni. 5 - 1 for the home side. tricolor's G. da Criação was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 64 minutes. With 65 minutes played, the Tomta coach decided a substitution may help turn the game around. A. Góes came on, F. Diniz had to leave the fray. Unsportsmanlike behaviour by G. da Criação rendered him his second booking of the match, and tricolor had to finish the game with a reduced squad. The bench was restless, and with 70 minutes passed Tomta's coach gave C. Atouguia the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. da Silva Sá reluctantly left the field. Tomta fought on and, after 77 minutes, C. Atouguia was able to reduce the deficit to 5 - 2 after some excellent moves on the right side were finished off with an incredibly clever chip. The rain made it hard for players like J. Cunha Bueno to show their technical control of the ball on this soggy day. Possession of the ball saw an equal split between the teams during the forty-five minutes.

Most important tricolor player was R. Ceni. On the other hand, C. de Tocantins's play was disheartening. The most dominating Tomta player was without a doubt A. Altamirano. A. Melro on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 5 - 2.