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Match Report
Verdinho
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Alberto Trindade started the match with the kick off. Vasco Esteves's late challenge caught a Verdinho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vasco Esteves helped the player get up and apologised. Vasco Esteves hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. Filipe Lisboa scored 0-1 in the 6th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Afonso Henriques, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Alberto Trindade took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Ribeiro. José Ribeiro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. The supporters of SC Cadouco booed when Verdinho was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jaime Borba didn't get a good kick on the ball. Alberto Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. José Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alberto Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. José Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 31stth minute of the game Filipe Lisboa who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Verdinho's Afonso Henriques was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With his leg José Ribeiro managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when Verdinho's Marco Amaral fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. If Nuno Sousa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 41st minute, Filipe Lisboa made a precise shot to the right of Afonso Henriques. Verdinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-2. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.
A collision led to SC Cadouco getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Rogério Sá hit a great ball. Alberto Trindade received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. José Ribeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 69th minute of the match Lourenço Borges shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but José Ribeiro showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Filipe Lisboa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Afonso Henriques having to interfere. Alberto Trindade sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 77th minute the ball was on its way in behind SC Cadouco's goalkeeper José Ribeiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Filipe Lisboa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Afonso Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nuno Sousa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Afonso Henriques tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Afonso Henriques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nuno Sousa in the 84th minute of the match. Afonso Henriques showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasco Esteves in the 86th minute of the match. José Ribeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Amaral in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the game, one of Verdinho:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The goalkeeper, Afonso Henriques, was totally fooled by SC Cadouco's Joaquim Sá, who 91 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. After a defensive mix-up in SC Cadouco's zone, Alberto Trindade stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Ribeiro came out of the goal and Alberto Trindade tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Afonso Henriques made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filipe Lisboa in the 98th minute. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched SC Cadouco eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.
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