Rotundas" 2 - 0 Chorincas (370804443)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 26541 had shown up at Estádio Professor Dr. Gugu Pimenta for the match. David Valmy was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Alfonsas Sukackas and Laureano Diaz de Valdes. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Rotundas". The following players had been chosen: Campinho - Gil, Mondinho, Coelho, Salvador - Miguel, Rachão, Weigl, Marcel - Genev, Poursartip.

Chorincas started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Rosa Pereira - Gaspar Alves, Bendian, Osório - Cardoso, Cravo, Russo, Rebelo, Guilherme - Barros Ribeiro, Oliveira Carmo.

The strategy for Chorincas was to use their ability to press. The visitors' central defence should have had no trouble clearing the pass to F. Gil, but the Rotundas" player managed to shrug them off and fired a low shot past the keeper to give his team the lead. 1 - 0! With their counter attack move halted 16 minutes into the game, Chorincas were left with a free kick. The ball is passed straight through to the other end of the penalty area, with hopes for it to reach I. Cardoso. However, he didn't have his wits about him and the ball went out. Almost all the way down to the corner flag, Rotundas"'s B. Marcel somehow managed to get a perfect pass into the middle, impossible to miss for H. Genev, who struck for 2 - 0. Rotundas"'s H. Mondinho had an excellent opportunity after 30 minutes, shooting after receiving a pass from the right hand side, but he missed the goal by miles! Halftime score was 2 - 0. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Rotundas", with 59 percent of the ball.

53 minutes in, Rotundas"'s T. Rachão received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. Rotundas" put in a good effort on the right, but R. Miguel saw his volley fly wide of the mark 58 minutes into the game. The coach of Rotundas" was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 75 minutes, R. Lamy came on for T. Rachão. Rotundas"'s H. Mondinho swung in a good chance from the left, but the visitors' defence were able to clear the ball. A. Poursartip wanted to play on, but the Rotundas" coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 80 minutes into the game by C. Lisboa. At this time in the match, Chorincas were using their skill at pressing to successfully stifle the game. Rotundas" claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 60 percent.

The most dominating Rotundas" player was without a doubt J. Salvador. On the other hand, A. Campinho's play was disheartening. Chorincas's top performer was clearly E. Oliveira Carmo. I. Cardoso was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 0.