Caridade 1 - 2 S.L.KRUGER (355227903)

Clear skies welcomed the 25021 spectators who had made their way to Estádio da Luz Benfiquista. Jan-Ulrich Gras was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Nils-Ove Alexandersson and Manlio Giglio. Caridade had chosen a strategic 4-3-3 formation. Lineup: Almeida - Frömel, Särkilampi, Stjepanović, Possatti - Miller, Ostermeier, Coe - Campar, Brænden, Cantürk.

S.L.KRUGER decided to use a 3-5-2 set up. Starters: Dehoux - Ionescu, Damas, Valerio - Salgado, Zeeman, Hadzima, Dunčák, Mil - Henek, Tutschek.

Caridade were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. With the clock showing 26 minutes played, a great pass from the defensive line of Caridade resulted in a counterattack that was smoothly brought under control by B. Cantürk in the centre of the opposition's penalty area, but his finish went high. R. Mil had a good opportunity to give S.L.KRUGER the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. Down the middle came O. Hadzima, making a fantastic play that nearly had S.L.KRUGER take the lead after 33 minutes, but L. Almeida preserved the tie. The teams went for the halftime break at 0 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by S.L.KRUGER, with 60 percent of the ball.

63 minutes into the game, O. Hadzima almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. 70 minutes into the game, Caridade seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a passable level of organisation. 77 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but R. Mil, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide. Caridade broke through on the left 78 minutes into the game, with O. Brænden firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead. After 78 minutes, S.L.KRUGER used a short break in the game to take new instructions from their coach. As the game started to slip away for S.L.KRUGER, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The S.L.KRUGER coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. The bench was restless, and with 78 minutes passed S.L.KRUGER's coach gave L. Fernández the opportunity the player had been hoping for. A. Damas reluctantly left the field. After 82 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Caridade found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to poor. S. Tutschek of S.L.KRUGER was able to make an impressive rush past the sluggish E. Särkilampi, which resulted in a goal making the score 1 - 1. After 85 minutes, the visitors nearly went up a goal, but A. Valerio's free kick hit the crossbar. N. de Castro was called on to replace S.L.KRUGER's O. Hadzima after 87 minutes following a nasty collision. 88 minutes into the game, O. Brænden had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came P. Figueiredo. S.L.KRUGER's L. Fernández gave the visitors a 1 - 2 lead after 88 minutes with a superb strike from the right. Caridade's B. Cantürk left the field after 89 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was J. Chauvire. With 89 minutes played, S. Tutschek nearly put the visitors another one up as he broke through in the middle and fired from just outside the box, but his shot passed just over the bar. S.L.KRUGER had most of the ball, with 63 percent of possession.

K. Ostermeier performed admirably for Caridade. J. Chauvire on the other hand, had a terrible day. S.L.KRUGER's best player was S. Tutschek. N. de Castro turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 2.