Espinhas 0 - 3 Portucale (393423142)

Clouds darkened the skies at Teatro Dos Sonhos as 33500 spectators turned up for the match. Hagen Schmoll-Hahn was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mattia Chessa and Kurt Bittner. Espinhas tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Casula - Hammes, Alexandersson, Kiviniemi - Serey, Suárez, Di Natale, Tošić, Majdziński - Przetacki, Kőrösi.

A 2-5-3 alignment was the formation of choice for Portucale. Lineup: Picanço - Catanzaro, Neves Ferreira - Madalena, Pinto, Guilhermo, Lemming, Ernesto - Tuschl, Fischbek, Teodorescu.

It was obvious that Espinhas were using their pressing skill as their primary tactic. The guests took the lead 6 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in C. Ernesto scoring to make it 0 - 1. The visitors' Ş. Teodorescu took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 11 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Portucale. The home crowd cheered when, after 15 minutes, M. Guilhermo's charge up the middle resulted in the keeper making one of his best saves of the day. After 19 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave P. Lemming a chance to increase the lead for Portucale, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 3. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Portucale lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. The coach of Portucale was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 25 minutes, S. Stöckl came on for O. Fischbek. As the captain was no longer on the pitch, P. Lemming took over the role of being the Portucale captain. P. Lemming wanted to play on, but the Portucale coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 39 minutes into the game by S. Ferreira Tomás. The Portucale captaincy was handed to S. Stöckl. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Portucale, with 51 percent of the ball.

Content with how the game was proceeding, the Portucale coach let S. D'Angelo replace F. Madalena after 58 minutes. W. Przetacki charged down the left and looked sure to score for Espinhas 60 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. The Portucale coach was visibly pleased with the score so far, but still ordered a few tactical changes 67 minutes into the game. Portucale had most of the ball, with 55 percent of possession.

Most important Espinhas player was L. Suárez. B. Majdziński on the other hand, had a terrible day. Portucale's best player was Ş. Teodorescu. However, S. Ferreira Tomás made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.