Almed 1 - 1 green (393088249)

3300 spectators arrived at Caldeirão da Chapa Quente, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Marco Landi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Tzvetelin Yanev and Pawel Wierzbowski. Almed tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Beltrame - Rocha, Salinas, Lins Silva - Rey, Dias Paes, Ráo, Hurghiş, Fiúza - Elejabeitia, Santos Mota.

green had chosen a strategic 3-4-3 formation. They fielded: Issa - Meckelfeld, Jaquinot, Ploj - Korntaler, Tolar, Mladenov, Urbanek - Vegar, Minderhout, Vérove.

Almed displayed their ability to play creatively. F. Salinas received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 10 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. They were singing the praises of F. Rocha 23 minutes into the match after his speculative chip from the middle of the penalty box found its way over the visitors' keeper to make the score 1 - 0 to Almed. With 24 minutes played, Almed's E. Santos Mota almost extended the lead, but his shot from the left glanced off the top of the bar to fall behind the net. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Almed coach let M. Dehghani Zadeh replace E. Santos Mota after 25 minutes. R. Issa was caught napping as N. Rey lifted a ball over him following a free kick, but the ball hit the bar, rebounding into the keeper's arms. After 32 minutes, a couple of quick and successful challenges followed by a shot from just outside the penalty area by N. Rey might have resulted in another goal for Almed. However, R. Issa made a spectacular save. 1 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Almed, with 63 percent of the ball.

The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave F. Vérove from green a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 59 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! A great save by keeper R. Issa after 68 minutes kept the visitors in the game after R. Dias Paes struck from the left with a real cannonball. green's G. Urbanek was dominating his wing and kept sending fine balls into the opposition's box - M. Vegar managed to volley one of them into the net to make it 1 - 1 after 76 minutes. Some great play up the middle by Almed led to a chance for W. Lins Silva to score after 77 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. Almed's H. Elejabeitia was shown a yellow card after 79 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Almed had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

The most dominating Almed player was without a doubt I. Ráo. W. Lins Silva was a disappointment, however. F. Ploj performed admirably for green. On the other hand, G. Jaquinot's play was disheartening. The match ends 1 - 1.