Império 6 - 1 SPORT (393024597)

1552 spectators arrived at Couto Pereira, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Peter Rogersson was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Gaetano Piovani and Abraham Amorini. A 3-4-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Império. Starters: Karpenko - Algisi, Odrzywolski, Abarzuza - Vaněk, Guagnetti, Polhoš, Kuropatnicki - Donici, Jalali, Bergström.

SPORT started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Schmidt - Pérez Cerro, Pereba, Bocian - Amini, Kolynok, Kechagias, Sagsen, Bulai - Bonanni, Gonzalez.

Império used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. Império players heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their wing attacks to the middle instead. E. Abarzuza gave Império the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 After 28 minutes, the away team failed to deal with a good exchange of passes on the right, and G. Algisi gave the Império supporters even more to cheer about when he increased the lead to 2 - 0. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave W. Pereba from SPORT a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 29 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! Central attacks were the recipe of the day for Império, as they moved the ball from the wings to the middle with startling regularity. Império's J. Polhoš saw his fine effort strike the top of the bar following some good work up the middle by his teammates after 34 minutes. Things were deteriorating for the away team as Império scored another to make it 3 - 0 after a left side attack resulted in a goal for E. Abarzuza after 36 minutes. 3 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to Império, who controlled the ball 66 percent of the time.

B. Jalali increased the lead for Império to 4 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! 57 minutes into the game, Y. Karpenko had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came V. Duarte. After several obvious shirt pulling incidents, J. Pérez Cerro got himself booked. The manager of SPORT was not happy. Império had a good opportunity to attack on the wing, but remembered their instructions to go for middle attacks. Império solidified their lead at the 82 minute mark, as B. Jalali dribbled the ball through the opposing central defence and scored to make it 5 - 0. Confident in their lead, Império's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. I. Kolynok of SPORT seemed to be floating in the air as he elegantly headed in to make the score 5 - 1 after a corner kick that was nicely executed by F. Gonzalez. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. R. Bergström squirmed through their central defence after 85 minutes, increasing the lead to 6 - 1. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Império, with 70 percent of the ball.

Most important Império player was J. Vaněk. V. Duarte turned in a dismal performance, however. SPORT's best player was F. Gonzalez. However, C. Bulai made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 6 - 1.