bra-arg 2 - 1 tricolor (375940833)

The weather was pretty good, and a crowd of 37162 had shown up at Maraca Bombonera for the match. Antti Roponen was the appointed referee. bra-arg had chosen a strategic 4-5-1 formation. Starters: Niemenmaa - Uitz, Åhbrant, Brandby, Colidius - Emami, Moraes, Chibsah, de Carvalho, Haj-Najjar - Lehtovirta.

tricolor tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination. Lineup: Harsch - Lima Silva, Simões, Costa Manso - Lenharo, Assumpção, Kamphuis, Aloisi - Matarangolo, Crostalo, Amadei.

It was an obvious ambition of bra-arg to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. After some beautiful movement down the left wing, A. Haj-Najjar scored for bra-arg putting them ahead 1 - 0, after 2 minutes. After 3 minutes, the visitors tied it up at 1 - 1 when a fantastic pass from the left was finished off by R. Matarangolo. The guests almost went up by a goal after 35 minutes when E. Assumpção came through and shot from the right. The ball bounced harmlessly off the post, though. It was 1 - 1 at the break. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by bra-arg, with 64 percent of the ball.

After 54 minutes of play, T. Colidius gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. M. Chibsah unleashed a swerving effort from the right that the visitors' keeper did well to tip wide. bra-arg claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 65 percent.

A. Haj-Najjar performed admirably for bra-arg. A. de Carvalho was a disappointment, however. tricolor's top performer was clearly E. Assumpção. I. Harsch on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 1.