Alvaláxia Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Fredy Montero got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, Sporting Clube de Gaya was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shukrie Laycock to maneuver through the defense. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Matias Lobo hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Sporting Clube de Gaya's Mustapha Hadji got a free kick in the 11th minute. Renato Vargas didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mark Olsson went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. A collision led to Firma Barnängen getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Mark Olsson hit a great ball. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mark Olsson, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. In the 17th minute of the match Firma Barnängen got a corner. Sporting Clube de Gaya's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Matthias Ekström ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jonathan Löv made a great header on Firma Barnängen's corner, it was just that Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas managed to reach the ball for a save. Mark Olsson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Renato Vargas having to interfere. 26 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathan Löv came free, but Renato Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Renato Vargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mark Olsson in the 28th minute of the match. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Humberto Alcaraz, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Renato Vargas showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonathan Löv, who was totally free with the ball in the 30th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, Shukrie Laycock managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sporting Clube de Gaya's supporters rose to their feet, but Shukrie Laycock was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rune Söder breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 33rdth minute of the game Fredy Montero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 36 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goal looked a bit too open when Humberto Alcaraz came free, but Renato Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 41st minute Humberto Alcaraz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renato Vargas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Sporting Clube de Gaya getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Silvano Garcez hit a great ball. Renato Vargas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Humberto Alcaraz in the 47th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Mark Olsson made a kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Mustapha Hadji during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 55 played minutes Sporting Clube de Gaya got a freekick which was hit by Mustapha Hadji. Renato Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mark Olsson in the 56th minute of play. 56 minutes into the match, Sporting Clube de Gaya's goal looked a bit too open when Mark Olsson came free, but Renato Vargas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Renato Vargas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jonathan Löv in the 58th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Humberto Alcaraz got free with Renato Vargas in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Firma Barnängen's Rune Söder played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shukrie Laycock in the 61st minute of play. 0-2 became the score in the 62nd minute when Humberto Alcaraz elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Renato Vargas made a fantastic save in the 68th minute, when Humberto Alcaraz sent off a good shot on target. With an all-out effort, Firma Barnängen's Renato Vargas threw himself towards the right post 75 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Mark Olsson, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Sporting Clube de Gaya's Renato Vargas proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 76th minute of the match, managed to save Sporting Clube de Gaya from getting a goal against them. Rune Söder took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fredy Montero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mark Olsson did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-4 to the left of a surprised Renato Vargas 79 minutes into the match. Renato Vargas made a fantastic save in the 82nd minute, when Jonathan Löv sent off a good shot on target. If Shukrie Laycock had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee felt a red card was in order, 94 minutes into the game, when Mustapha Hadji put in a rough tackle. After 93 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sporting Clube de Gaya! Sporting Clube de Gaya:s Renato Vargas showed great skill when he stopped Matthias Ekström:s penalty. Firma Barnängen played a much better game than Sporting Clube de Gaya and deserved their victory. The Sporting Clube de Gaya players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.
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