Märklin 0 - 3 Portogal (377939271)

40000 spectators arrived at Estadio de Azeitão, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Rolf Knutsen was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Jaimy Mallé and Robert Le Blanc. Märklin tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Lineup: Guerra - Novaes, Amâncio, Penedos - Antunes, Puim, Sá, Vivaldes, Almeida Pires - Ribeiro, do Ó.

Portogal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. They fielded: Batista - Erva, Zmitrowicz, Lesík - Leu, Silvino, Gonçalves, Motta-Veiga, Oskarsson - Tindyebwa, Seaman.

After a fine move down the middle A. Almeida Pires nearly gave the home side a goal after 4 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide. After 8 minutes, Portogal's K. Tindyebwa made his way through the middle and nonchalantly placed the ball out of the keeper's reach, putting the visitors up 0 - 1. With 10 minutes played, Märklin's Z. Amâncio found an opening in the visitors' left side defence, but his shot was handled easily by the keeper. Having just succeeded in blocking a dangerous counter attack, the defending team was outwitted by the follow-up Portogal free kick. The routine was expertly executed as the ball was shifted quickly to one side of the box, then back to the other. L. Gonçalves appeared on cue near the post, and steered it past the goalie. 0 - 2, after 11 minutes. Some fine movement on the left led to a Portogal goal after 23 minutes, making it 0 - 3. K. Tindyebwa was noted down as the scorer. Confident in their lead, Portogal's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it. Halftime score was 0 - 3. Märklin claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

The home side worked hard to get through the middle and as a result, had a good chance of getting one back as T. do Ó tried lifting the ball over keeper H. Batista. Unfortunately, the ball went just over the bar. A. Almeida Pires charged down the left and looked sure to score for Märklin 78 minutes into the game, but his shot went just wide. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Märklin, with 54 percent of the ball.

Most important Märklin player was D. Puim. N. Novaes was a disappointment, however. Portogal's best player was K. Tindyebwa. However, D. Leu made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 3.