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Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Tiaguinho Faria got the match started through his kick off. In the 5thth minute of the game Tiaguinho Faria who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Shadows's Gordon Banks was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Gordon Banks took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luís Eduardo Arce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kjell Danielsson's late challenge caught a Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Kjell Danielsson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 10th minute, Pedrinho do Valle left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Rondinone F.C - FDFDF fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. 18 minutes into the match, Tiaguinho Faria had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Gordon Banks. The Shadows's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Tiaguinho Faria was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. Pedrinho do Valle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gordon Banks having to interfere. Fred Arenius hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. The Shadows's Gordon Banks played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiaguinho Faria in the 27th minute of play. In the 28th minute Tiaguinho Faria shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gordon Banks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's Luís Eduardo Arce pulled a muscle in his leg after 29 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Kjell Danielsson was shown his second yellow card after 29 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Kjell Danielsson kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. The Shadows's Gordon Banks played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedrinho do Valle in the 45th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Oscar Bratt stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 0-3 when Tiaguinho Faria sped through The Shadows's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gordon Banks. After 61 played minutes Rondinone F.C - FDFDF got a freekick which was hit by Tiaguinho Faria. Gordon Banks showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cleiton Teixeira in the 66th minute of the match. After 67 played minutes The Shadows got a freekick which was hit by Bengt Julin. After a rather tough play, The Shadows's Fred Arenius got a free kick in the 76th minute. After 83 minutes of play, Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's Tiaguinho Faria made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gordon Banks was left in no man's land by his defense there! Cleiton Teixeira received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Gordon Banks came out and tried to block the shot, but Cleiton Teixeira slotted it home off the left post making it 0-6 in the 86th minute. After having played for 92 minutes, Cleiton Teixeira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cleiton Teixeira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 94 minutes, Cleiton Teixeira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rondinone F.C - FDFDF and the The Shadows players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cleiton Teixeira hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. The The Shadows supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Rondinone F.C - FDFDF's performance. The match ended with a win for Rondinone F.C - FDFDF.