Sudbridsey 5 - 1 Alford

Key Events:

• 2' Sudbridsey Milan Simeonov scores

• 26' Alford Nilson Pires scores, assisted by Jorge Alvez

• 34' Sudbridsey Milan Simeonov scores

• 39' Sudbridsey Ritsu Ishii scores

• 44' Sudbridsey Jorge Fortes scores, assisted by Mijo Halilović

• 46' Yellow card to Sudbridsey Jorge Fortes

• 51' Yellow card to Sudbridsey Carlos Rocha

• 82' Yellow card to Alford Pedro Chagas

• 86' Sudbridsey Joaquim Da Costa scores, assisted by Carlos Rocha

• No Alford players reached a rating of 7.0.

The match’s decisive passage came between the equaliser and half-time. Milan Simeonov put Sudbridsey back in front in the 34th minute, Ritsu Ishii added another five minutes later, and Jorge Fortes made it 4-1 at 44'. Alford had managed to make the score level, but not to make the contest level: the shot count and chance-quality gap point to a side with too much attacking work to do and too few chances in which to do it.

The second half brought cards for Jorge Fortes, Carlos Rocha and Pedro Chagas, then a late finish from Joaquim Da Costa, assisted by Carlos Rocha, at 86'. Alford recorded more dribbles, 19 to nine, but that individual activity did not translate into enough attempts to shift the match. Sudbridsey finished with a 5 - 1 win, five goals from a chance tally that expected just over five, and the rather practical distinction of having turned possession into a great deal more than possession.