Match Report


Académica de CoimbraAcadémica de Coimbra     Santa ClaraSanta Clara
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Andre VianaA. Viana64
G
captain1
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57Samuel AlvesS. Alves
Cesar NascimentoC. Nascimento68
D
2
D
69Jorge MendesJ. Mendes
Luis VelosoL. Veloso62
D
3
D
61Luis AntunesL. Antunes
Jaime LoureiroJ. Loureiro57
D
4
D
60Adolfo LopezA. Lopez
Hugo SousaH. Sousa50
D
5
D
59Alexandre SoaresA. Soares
Filipe AntunesF. Antunes68
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6
M
59Manuel SantosM. Santos
Jeremy SchulpenJ. Schulpen67
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7captain
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58Cesar PostigaC. Postiga
Demetrio CardinaleD. Cardinale77
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8
M
57Alberto RamosA. Ramos
Jose AndradeJ. Andrade67
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9
M
57Ruben RamosR. Ramos
Ronald NeeskensR. Neeskens63
A
10
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70Jaime CastroJ. Castro
Don ThomsonD. Thomson56
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11
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66Rui ReisR. Reis
 
Fernando JesusF. Jesus64
M
12
A
61Francisco JesusF. Jesus
Abel PostigaA. Postiga56
M
13
A
59Ricardo CastroR. Castro
Jaime BentoJ. Bento52
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14
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54Alberto VieiraA. Vieira

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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 Santa Clara. A crowd of 9,482 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
The pitch is in poor condition.
Académica de Coimbra are playing in a 4-2-4 formation while Santa Clara appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Today's match is refereed by Marco Caneira.


0.00
Académica de Coimbra start the match!
15.11
Showing composure, Hugo Sousa plays the ball forward to Jeremy Schulpen. Jeremy Schulpen flicks a high pass forward. Demetrio Cardinale collects the pass. Demetrio Cardinale knocks in a cross ball towards Jose Andrade. Jose Andrade outjumps his marker and heads the ball goalward but is denied by Samuel Alves. Excellent save.
18.13
Jaime Loureiro flicks the ball to his team mate, Jeremy Schulpen. Jeremy Schulpen controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Demetrio Cardinale. Demetrio Cardinale shoots from distance but it whistles just wide of the post!
20.39
Hugo Sousa flicks a high pass forward. Filipe Antunes controls it well on his chest. Filipe Antunes chips the ball to his team mate, Ronald Neeskens. Ronald Neeskens knocks in a cross ball towards Demetrio Cardinale. Demetrio Cardinale makes a deft header. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
26.17
Hugo Sousa knocks the ball forward to Jeremy Schulpen. Jeremy Schulpen flicks a high ball forward to Ronald Neeskens who gracefully takes it down. Ronald Neeskens tries a spectacular long range effort but he balloons it over the crossbar!
30.24
Cesar Postiga makes a probing pass to Jaime Castro. Jaime Castro finds some space and shoots from distance. Solid save from Andre Viana.
32.13
Alberto Ramos takes the throw-in. Cesar Postiga flicks the ball to his team mate, Jaime Castro. Jaime Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
36.21
Luis Veloso chips the ball to his team mate, Filipe Antunes. Filipe Antunes flicks a high pass forward. Demetrio Cardinale holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Demetrio Cardinale knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
38.30
Hugo Sousa advances with the ball. Hugo Sousa makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jose Andrade. Jose Andrade sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. What a cracker!! Samuel Alves had no chance!! Goal for Académica de Coimbra!
45.00
Jaime Loureiro threads a neat ball through to Filipe Antunes. Filipe Antunes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Don Thomson. Don Thomson lofts in a cross ball towards Ronald Neeskens. Alexandre Soares catches Ronald Neeskens on the ankles. Ronald Neeskens appeals for a penalty! No says the ref!!
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!

Both teams emerge for the second half. Académica de Coimbra appear unchanged since the first half. Santa Clara have changed their lineup with Francisco Jesus replacing Adolfo Lopez. The Santa Clara players look more motivated than they were before.

45.00
The second half starts with Santa Clara kicking off!
47.23
Ruben Ramos laces a through ball forward to Rui Reis. Rui Reis plays a one-two with Jaime Castro and advances towards the goal... Rui Reis cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but it flies just off target!
48.54
Alexandre Soares passes the ball forward to Cesar Postiga. Cesar Postiga plays the ball forward to Rui Reis. Rui Reis knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Jaime Loureiro.
49.17
Luis Veloso flicks a high pass forward. Jeremy Schulpen collects the pass. Jeremy Schulpen plays the ball forward to Ronald Neeskens. Ronald Neeskens lofts in a cross ball towards Demetrio Cardinale. Demetrio Cardinale shows true skill creating a chance out of nothing and knocks the ball goalwards with his head. The keeper is on top of it. Quality keeping!
51.41
Jeremy Schulpen sees Ronald Neeskens in space ahead and quickly passes the ball. Ronald Neeskens knocks in a cross ball towards Demetrio Cardinale. Demetrio Cardinale connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Samuel Alves gathers the ball up comfortably. Superb keeping!
59.07
Manuel Santos flicks a high pass forward. Rui Reis holds off his marker to collect the ball on his thigh. Rui Reis shoots from outside the area but it whistles just wide of the post!
60.50
Santa Clara have made a substitution with Alberto Vieira replacing Alberto Ramos .
63.55
Demetrio Cardinale clumsily knocks into Francisco Jesus. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Francisco Jesus stretches but gets up unharmed.
66.31
Ruben Ramos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jaime Castro. Jaime Castro shoots from 25 yards but he balloons it over the crossbar!
77.43
Académica de Coimbra are in full control of this game.
83.27
From the throw-in, Jeremy Schulpen picks out Filipe Antunes. Filipe Antunes picks a pass forward to Ronald Neeskens. Ronald Neeskens controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal his aim is horrendously poor!
87.16
Jeremy Schulpen flicks a high ball forward to Jose Andrade who takes it down. Jose Andrade controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. It curls slightly but Samuel Alves manages to gather it.
89.33
Jeremy Schulpen makes a probing pass to Don Thomson. Don Thomson controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it is miles over!
90.00
The whistle blows full-time!

Match Statistics
 

Académica de Coimbra

Santa Clara
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
6
1
Shots off Target
4
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0

Possession
65.6%
34.4%
Play Area
31.2%
43.8%
25%

Scorers
Demetrio Cardinale 20
Jose Andrade 38

Man of the Match
The man of the match was awarded to Jose Andrade of Académica de Coimbra

Match Ratings
1.Andre Viana (GK)
6
2.Cesar Nascimento (DEF)
6
3.Luis Veloso (DEF)
7
4.Jaime Loureiro (DEF)
6
5.Hugo Sousa (DEF)
8
6.Filipe Antunes (MID)
7
7.Jeremy Schulpen (MID)
8
8.Demetrio Cardinale (ATT)goal scoredyellow card
8
9.Jose Andrade (ATT)goal scored
9
10.Ronald Neeskens (ATT)
7
11.Don Thomson (ATT)
6
 
12.Fernando Jesus (MID)
0
13.Abel Postiga (MID)
0
14.Jaime Bento (GK)
0

1.Samuel Alves (GK)
8
2.Jorge Mendes (DEF)
6
3.Luis Antunes (DEF)
6
4.Adolfo Lopez (DEF)
6
5.Alexandre Soares (DEF)
6
6.Manuel Santos (MID)
6
7.Cesar Postiga (MID)
7
8.Alberto Ramos (MID)
6
9.Ruben Ramos (MID)
6
10.Jaime Castro (ATT)
6
11.Rui Reis (ATT)
6
 
12.Francisco Jesus (ATT)
6
13.Ricardo Castro (ATT)
0
14.Alberto Vieira (ATT)
6