sporting 4 - 0 Mag8 (393769915)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 1130 had shown up at Alvalade XXI for the match. Claus Bo Holmstrup was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Arvid Andersson and Fabian Moise. sporting tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Wade - Kesak, Augusto, Al-Anwar, Lempiäinen - Pecot, Halyavka, Radspieler, Vieira Matos - Ferreira, Balestra.

Mag8 decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. They fielded: Siqueira - Ezo, Parreira, Lopes, Chamusco - da Fonseca, de Oliveira, Faria, Brito - Barros, Anjos Oliveira.

sporting had a good opportunity to take the lead as I. Al-Anwar came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of F. Siqueira. sporting's A. Kesak tried to break through in the middle repeatedly, but couldn't get past the visitors' defenders. 35 minutes in, the referee awarded sporting a penalty. A. Kesak coolly slotted it home for a 1 - 0 lead. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 0. sporting enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 60 percent of possession.

Mag8 needed a fresh pair of legs on the field, and after 46 minutes E. da Fonseca made way for J. Costa Macedo. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, sporting's T. Vieira Matos somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for G. Balestra, who struck for 2 - 0. After this, you could see that the players of sporting were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Things were going to get worse for the visitors. U. Ferreira squirmed through their central defence after 52 minutes, increasing the lead to 3 - 0. O. Brito of Mag8 received a yellow card after 55 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. A. Kesak increased sporting's lead to 4 - 0 with a penalty spot cannonball. After 66 minutes, speedy Ó. Anjos Oliveira dashed past his marker, making plenty of room for the second wave of attack. However, A. Barros failed to score. A great save by keeper F. Siqueira after 74 minutes kept the visitors in the game after G. Balestra struck from the left with a real cannonball. Mag8's D. de Oliveira was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 80 minutes. sporting had most of the ball, with 58 percent of possession.

G. Balestra performed admirably for sporting. J. Radspieler turned in a dismal performance, however. Most important Mag8 player was Ó. Anjos Oliveira. On the other hand, T. Chamusco's play was disheartening. The match ends 4 - 0.