Almadanense 0 - 7 agora (392874028)

19884 spectators had found their way to Arena Almadanense, despite the heavy rain. Wenzel Eusebius Löppen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Shawn Sherman and Teodor Praxl. Almadanense decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Touro - Fanopoulos, Szabó, Dombald, Ioniţă - Salvador, Mouzo, Brito, Cozma, Techlovsky - Turján.

agora had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Silva - Schraaven, Bustamante, Adelson - Acácio, Braga, Dickie, Ocampo, Obredor - Alexandre, Bettencourt.

Almadanense were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. M. Ioniţă was having a great game - if anything the pouring rain seemed to be spurring him on! agora's A. Dickie gave the visitors a 0 - 1 lead after 22 minutes with a superb strike from the right. agora came close to extending their lead as R. Obredor delivered a low effort on goal from the right after 29 minutes, but the angle was too narrow and the shot went harmlessly into the side netting. The home crowd was not impressed when P. Acácio came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 39 minutes. agora were now up 0 - 2. agora's C. Silva refused to leave the field after injuring his achilles tendon after 42 minutes. A. Dickie of agora took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 43 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. J. Salvador did not have a good day today, often losing his footing on the muddy pitch. 44 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 4 as G. Braga finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. By now, the players in agora felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to agora, who controlled the ball 60 percent of the time.

An indecisive keeper looked on as a free kick by agora's R. Obredor put the visitors up 0 - 5 after 54 minutes. With 61 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Dickie of agora to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 6. By then A. Dickie had scored three goals - a hat trick! After 65 minutes, Almadanense switched J. Turján with L. Al-Dahmany, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. Almadanense's A. Fanopoulos was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 74 minutes. An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 75 minutes into the match, putting agora ahead 0 - 7. R. Obredor was the scorer. R. Brito was uncomfortable with the soggy pitch as he couldn't move the ball around with his usual grace. 86 minutes into the game, agora worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. agora had most of the ball, with 62 percent of possession.

M. Ioniţă performed admirably for Almadanense. J. Salvador on the other hand, had a terrible day. agora's best player was G. Braga. A. Alexandre was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 7.