Match Report
| F.C. Arouca | F.C. Arouca |  |  | Santa Clara | Santa Clara | ||||||||||||||||
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| Giancarlo Vignaroli | G. Vignaroli |  | 66 | G |  | 1 | | G | 66 |  | Yves-A. Borbiconi | Y. Borbiconi | |||||||||
| Silvio Postiga | S. Postiga |  | 72 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Tomas Bento | T. Bento | |||||||||
| Fernando Valente | F. Valente | | 72 | D | | 3 | | D | 64 | | Andre Monteiro | A. Monteiro | |||||||||
| Guilherme Marques | G. Marques | | 70 | D | | 4 | | D | 62 | | Sergio Andrade | S. Andrade | |||||||||
| Artur Jesus | A. Jesus | | 64 | M | | 5 | | D | 61 | | Jean-Christophe Mexes | J. Mexes | |||||||||
| Arturo Kiko | A. Kiko |  | 61 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Nuno Veloso | N. Veloso | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramos | R. Ramos | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 | | Ricardo Carvalho | R. Carvalho | |||||||||
| Dietmar Hanke | D. Hanke |  | 55 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 | | Julian Farinos | J. Farinos | |||||||||
| Alistair Prior | A. Prior |  | 76 | A | | 9 | | A | 72 | | Carlos Fonseca | C. Fonseca | |||||||||
| Ruben Nascimento | R. Nascimento | | 63 | A | | 10 | | A | 71 | | Tomas Ramos | T. Ramos | |||||||||
| Roberto Lima | R. Lima | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 69 | | Tiago Bento | T. Bento | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Estádio Municipal where F.C. Arouca play host to Santa Clara. A crowd of 17,439 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Santa Clara appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Santa Clara appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Santa Clara get the match underway!
3.36
0-0Sergio Andrade knocks the ball to his team mate, Nuno Veloso. Nuno Veloso kicks a strong pass forward to Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
10.49
0-0Silvio Postiga chips the ball to his team mate, Roberto Ramos. Roberto Ramos kicks a strong pass forward to Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
12.52
0-0Andre Monteiro chips the ball to his team mate, Ricardo Carvalho. Ricardo Carvalho flicks the ball to his team mate, Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento takes a shot at goal but it is tipped over by Giancarlo Vignaroli.
18.24
1-0Arturo Kiko controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ruben Nascimento. Ruben Nascimento knocks in a cross ball towards Alistair Prior. Alistair Prior is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
24.42
Silvio Postiga flicks the ball to his team mate, Arturo Kiko. Arturo Kiko threads the ball through to Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Yves-A. Borbiconi who gathers it comfortably.
33.38
Julian Farinos sees space and advances. Julian Farinos lofts in a cross ball towards Tomas Ramos. Tomas Ramos is perfectly placed and heads the ball at goal. It's miles wide!
36.44
Nuno Veloso makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento goes all the way! Tiago Bento makes some space for himself and shoots at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
38.40
1-0Artur Jesus hacks Julian Farinos from behind! The referee calls over Artur Jesus and warns him to calm down! Julian Farinos hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
40.31
Andre Monteiro knocks the ball to his team mate, Nuno Veloso. Nuno Veloso chips the ball to his team mate, Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca shoots from outside the area but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
42.46
Julian Farinos kicks a strong pass forward to Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca finds some space and shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
45.00
Fernando Valente takes it forward alone. Fernando Valente takes it forward alone. Fernando Valente goes all the way! Fernando Valente takes a shot at goal. Magnificent save by Yves-A. Borbiconi!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
F.C. Arouca kick off the second half!
47.09
Tomas Bento takes it forward alone. Tomas Bento flicks the ball to his team mate, Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Guilherme Marques.
53.01
Arturo Kiko flicks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Nascimento. Ruben Nascimento controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but Yves-A. Borbiconi is on top of it.
55.33
Julian Farinos passes the ball forward to Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca shoots from 25 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
61.15
Julian Farinos makes a probing pass to Tomas Ramos. Tomas Ramos whips in a cross ball towards Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Giancarlo Vignaroli manages to gather it comfortably.
71.39
1-0Dietmar Hanke barges into Nuno Veloso. The referee calls over Dietmar Hanke and shows him a yellow card! Nuno Veloso grimaces as he struggles to run off the knock.
72.10
Ricardo Carvalho chips the ball to his team mate, Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball dips but the keeper is a match for it. Saved!
73.27
Roberto Ramos chips the ball to his team mate, Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima goes all the way! Roberto Lima takes a shot at goal. It's miles wide!
75.25
Arturo Kiko deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima plays a perfect one-two with Ruben Nascimento and rushes in on goal... Roberto Lima takes a shot at goal. Magnificent save by Yves-A. Borbiconi!
79.02
1-0Fernando Valente barges into Carlos Fonseca. Fernando Valente is shown the yellow card! Carlos Fonseca hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
81.18
Julian Farinos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Tomas Ramos. Tomas Ramos shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
83.20
Guilherme Marques chips the ball to his team mate, Roberto Ramos. Roberto Ramos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ruben Nascimento. Ruben Nascimento shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
87.50
Julian Farinos flicks the ball to his team mate, Tiago Bento. Tiago Bento shoots from distance but he balloons it over the crossbar!
90.00
Jean-Christophe Mexes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Julian Farinos. Julian Farinos controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Carlos Fonseca. Carlos Fonseca shoots from long range. The ball dips under the bar and into the back of the net. Goal!!
90.00
Full-time is reached with the referee blowing his whistle!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
4
4
Shots off Target
2
8
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
3
0
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
45.2%
54.8%
Play Area
34.5%
41.7%
23.8%
Scorers