Andorinha 0 - 0 RyogaX (391895370)

The crowd of 25007 turning up at Monchique today were greeted with some nasty showers of rain. Maicol Meléndez was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Silvan Lugg and Demitrius Weinbach. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Andorinha. They fielded: Real Godó - Torrezelo, Seguin, Johansen, Onça - Sturink, Weinhold, Silva, Kreštalica - Heggdal, Merxha.

RyogaX decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. The following players took the field: Vicuña - Carreño, Freytes, Venzin - Gyöngyösi, Soler, Tardelli, Ramon, Godfrey - Kjær Jensen, Desvignes.

For their match strategy, Andorinha had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. N. Merxha was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave N. Merxha from Andorinha a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 35 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! 43 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but P. Tardelli, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Andorinha had a great opportunity to score following a counterattack after 44 minutes, but N. Merxha's shot from the left sailed high over the bar. Against a lesser team, RyogaX could very well have succeeded with their smart indirect free kick routine after 44 minutes. A trio of passes took the ball all the way past the defenders, but by then the intended recipient was already blocked off and the keeper could make a leisurely save. C. Seguin of Andorinha was booked for kicking the ball away after the whistle. Andorinha's W. Sturink was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 44 minutes. 0 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by RyogaX, with 68 percent of the ball.

A. Soler had a good try after 64 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Andorinha almost scored after a swift counterattack 65 minutes into the game, but N. Onça put the shot from the left flank just outside the goal. E. Kjær Jensen was struggling to make the ball dance with his usual trickery and panache, and the opposing players had little trouble shutting him down in these muddy conditions. Possession in this half belonged to RyogaX, who controlled the ball 69 percent of the time.

Most important Andorinha player was N. Merxha. However, A. Johansen made a disastrous appearance. RyogaX's best player was P. Tardelli. O. Carreño on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 0 - 0.