Match Report
| Académica de Coimbra | Académica de Coimbra |  |  | Salgueiros 08 | Salgueiros 08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Christopher George | Christopher George | ||||||||||||||||||
| Filipe Vieira | F. Vieira |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 64 | | Tomas Sousa | T. Sousa | |||||||||
| Lorenzo Di Michele | L. Di Michele |  | 70 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | David Monteiro | D. Monteiro | |||||||||
| Manuel Soares | M. Soares | | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 65 | | Vasco Bento | V. Bento | |||||||||
| Tiago Semedo | T. Semedo | | 66 | D | | 4 | | D | 71 |  | Alberto George | A. George | |||||||||
| Quim Marques | Q. Marques | | 73 | M | | 5 | |  | D | 73 | | Alejandro Smoje | A. Smoje | ||||||||
| Pedro Antunes | P. Antunes | | 64 | M | | 6 | | M | 70 |  | Christian Engels | C. Engels | |||||||||
| Vitor Sousa | V. Sousa | | 63 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Vitor Marques | V. Marques | |||||||||
| Carlos Barbosa | C. Barbosa | | 63 | M | | 8 | | M | 69 | | Abel Rego | A. Rego | |||||||||
| Silvio Fonseca | S. Fonseca | | 68 | A | | 9 | | A | 72 |  | Maurice Meijer | M. Meijer | |||||||||
| Nuno Pinto | N. Pinto | | 65 | A | | | 10 | | A | 70 |  | Sophiane Malouda | S. Malouda | ||||||||
| Craig Gemmill | C. Gemmill |  | 58 | A | | 11 | | A | 70 | | Thomas Meyer | T. Meyer | |||||||||
| Romero P. Soler | R. Soler |  | 66 | D | | 12 | | D | 64 | | Quim Castro | Q. Castro | |||||||||
| David Marques | D. Marques | | 64 | D | | 13 | | M | 63 | | Andre Rego | A. Rego | |||||||||
| Ted Ntumpa Nsafu | T. Ntumpa Nsafu | | 64 | G | | 14 | | A | 62 | | Paulo Carvalho | P. Carvalho | |||||||||
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Match Report
The sky is dark and overcast here at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra where Académica de Coimbra play host to Salgueiros 08. A crowd of 17,648 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in good condition.
Académica de Coimbra are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Salgueiros 08 appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Today's match is refereed by Ivone Figo.
The pitch is in good condition.
Académica de Coimbra are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Salgueiros 08 appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
Today's match is refereed by Ivone Figo.
0.00
0-0Salgueiros 08 kick off the first half!
4.10
0-0Abel Rego makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Thomas Meyer. Thomas Meyer controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball swerves in the air but the keeper is on top of it. Great keeping!
6.03
Alberto George flicks a high ball forward to Vitor Marques who takes it down. Vitor Marques chips the ball to his team mate, Maurice Meijer. Maurice Meijer finds some space and shoots from distance. Filipe Vieira gathers the ball up comfortably. Fabulous stop!
8.08
0-018.05
0-0Vitor Marques deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Maurice Meijer. Maurice Meijer chips the ball to his team mate, Sophiane Malouda. Sophiane Malouda cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but Manuel Soares is between the ball and the goal. Well blocked!
20.52
Alejandro Smoje sweeps the ball up the wings. Maurice Meijer finds some space and shoots from distance. Solid save from Filipe Vieira.
21.02
0-0Vitor Sousa flicks a high pass forward. Silvio Fonseca comfortably collects the pass. Silvio Fonseca knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Alberto George.
30.19
Alberto George powers a long ball forward. Sophiane Malouda edges inside the box! Sophiane Malouda strikes a beautiful right-footed shot at goal but Tiago Semedo is between the ball and the goal. Well blocked!
32.55
Pedro Antunes kicks a strong pass forward to Craig Gemmill. Craig Gemmill sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is on top of it. Excellent keeping!
33.51
Vasco Bento makes a probing pass to Vitor Marques. Vitor Marques threads a neat ball through to Thomas Meyer. Thomas Meyer shoots from 20 yards but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
38.44
0-0Manuel Soares hacks Maurice Meijer from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Maurice Meijer runs off the knock.
42.36
0-0Alberto George threads the ball through to Abel Rego. Abel Rego hits a low pass to Maurice Meijer. Maurice Meijer passes the ball forward but Thomas Meyer is offside!
44.45
0-0Carlos Barbosa comes in with a late challenge on Christian Engels. The referee calls over Carlos Barbosa and shows him a yellow card! Christian Engels gets up, but that knock is affecting his game.
45.00
Abel Rego clumsily knocks into Pedro Antunes. The referee calls over Abel Rego and shows him a yellow card! Pedro Antunes stretches but gets up unharmed.
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
Both teams emerge for the second half. Académica de Coimbra appear unchanged since the first half. Salgueiros 08 also appear unchanged since the first half.
45.00
Académica de Coimbra kick off the second half!
51.49
1-0With a delightful solo run, Carlos Barbosa stretches the opposition's defence. Carlos Barbosa lofts in a cross ball towards Nuno Pinto. Nuno Pinto heads the ball goalwards. Nuno Pinto scores for Académica de Coimbra!!
54.39
Vitor Marques flicks a high pass forward. Sophiane Malouda controls it well on his chest. Sophiane Malouda knocks the ball forward, putting Maurice Meijer through on goal. Maurice Meijer side-steps and rifles a shot at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
55.08
Vitor Marques sees Thomas Meyer in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Thomas Meyer rushes past Lorenzo Di Michele! Some world-class footwork from Thomas Meyer provides some space. He scuffs the ball at goal. The ball edges just beyond the reach of the keeper, thudding into the back of the net. Beautiful goal!!
60.49
1-1Salgueiros 08 have made a substitution with Quim Castro replacing David Monteiro .
61.59
Vitor Marques takes a long throw-in. Christian Engels threads the ball through to Thomas Meyer. Thomas Meyer finds some space and shoots from distance but Filipe Vieira reads it well. Good keeping!
71.47
Carlos Barbosa surges forward with the ball. Carlos Barbosa knocks the ball forward to Silvio Fonseca but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
73.02
Christian Engels makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Maurice Meijer. Maurice Meijer whips in a cross ball towards Thomas Meyer. Thomas Meyer heads the ball goalwards but is denied by Filipe Vieira. Excellent save.
75.18
Pedro Antunes makes an attacking run forward. Pedro Antunes rushes past Alberto George! Pedro Antunes comes through the middle and smashes a shot from 11 yards out but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
77.49
Académica de Coimbra have made 2 substitutions with Romero P. Soler replacing Vitor Sousa and David Marques replacing Silvio Fonseca .
83.08
Vitor Marques changes direction and makes an attacking run forward. Vitor Marques plays a one-two with Sophiane Malouda and advances towards the goal... Vitor Marques takes a shot at goal. The keeper is more than a match for it. Nice save!
84.49
Vitor Marques passes the ball forward to Thomas Meyer. Thomas Meyer knocks in a cross ball towards Sophiane Malouda. Sophiane Malouda is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Sophiane Malouda!
90.00
Pedro Antunes clumsily knocks into Abel Rego. Pedro Antunes is shown the yellow card! Abel Rego hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
90.00
The referee whistles full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
2
Shots on Target
2
10
Shots off Target
2
2
Offsides
2
1
Fouls
3
1
Yellow Cards
3
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
38.2%
61.8%
Play Area
25%
43.4%
31.6%
Scorers
Man of the Match
| The man of the match was awarded to Thomas Meyer of Salgueiros 08 |
Match Ratings
| 1. | Filipe Vieira (GK) | 8 | |
| 2. | Lorenzo Di Michele (DEF) | 6 | |
| 3. | Manuel Soares (DEF) |  | 5 |
| 4. | Tiago Semedo (DEF) | 6 | |
| 5. | Quim Marques (MID) | 6 | |
| 6. | Pedro Antunes (MID) | | 6 |
| 7. | Vitor Sousa (MID) | 6 | |
| 8. | Carlos Barbosa (MID) | | 6 |
| 9. | Silvio Fonseca (ATT) | 6 | |
| 10. | Nuno Pinto (ATT) |  | 7 |
| 11. | Craig Gemmill (ATT) | 6 | |
| 12. | Romero P. Soler (DEF) | 6 | |
| 13. | David Marques (DEF) | 6 | |
| 14. | Ted Ntumpa Nsafu (GK) | 0 | |
| 1. | Tomas Sousa (GK) | 6 | |
| 2. | David Monteiro (DEF) | 6 | |
| 3. | Vasco Bento (DEF) | 6 | |
| 4. | Alberto George (DEF) | 6 | |
| 5. | Alejandro Smoje (DEF) | 6 | |
| 6. | Christian Engels (MID) | 6 | |
| 7. | Vitor Marques (MID) | 9 | |
| 8. | Abel Rego (MID) | | 6 |
| 9. | Maurice Meijer (ATT) | 6 | |
| 10. | Sophiane Malouda (ATT) | | 8 |
| 11. | Thomas Meyer (ATT) | | 9 |
| 12. | Quim Castro (DEF) | 6 | |
| 13. | Andre Rego (MID) | 0 | |
| 14. | Paulo Carvalho (ATT) | 0 | |