Match Report
| F.C. Arouca | F.C. Arouca |  |  | Desportivo Nacional | Desportivo Nacional | ||||||||||||||||
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| Fernando Quaresma | F. Quaresma |  | 65 | G |  | 1 | | G | 70 |  | Lars Basler | L. Basler | |||||||||
| Miguel Viana | M. Viana | | 61 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 | | Eduardo Andrade | E. Andrade | |||||||||
| Said Lièvre | S. Lièvre |  | 57 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 |  | David Hendry | D. Hendry | |||||||||
| Craig Gallacher | C. Gallacher | | 55 | D | | 4 | | D | 61 | | Andre Ramos | A. Ramos | |||||||||
| Manfa Bailly | M. Bailly | | 54 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 |  | Denny Verberne | D. Verberne | |||||||||
| Jaime Oliveira | J. Oliveira | | 71 | M | | 6 | | M | 73 | | Antonio Nunes | A. Nunes | |||||||||
| Billy White | B. White | | 62 | M | | 7 | | M | 72 | | Pedro Barros | P. Barros | |||||||||
| Renzo Biancone | R. Biancone |  | 58 | M | | 8 | | M | 55 | | Luis-Clemente Marchand | L. Marchand | |||||||||
| Joao Monteiro | J. Monteiro | | 51 | M | | 9 | | M | 54 | | Cristiano Castro | C. Castro | |||||||||
| Tiago Ramos | T. Ramos | | 65 | A | | 10 | | A | 65 | | Joao Soares | J. Soares | |||||||||
| Tiago Loureiro | T. Loureiro | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 63 | | Jose Veloso | J. Veloso | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Estádio Municipal where F.C. Arouca play host to Desportivo Nacional. A crowd of 9,054 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both F.C. Arouca and Desportivo Nacional are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both F.C. Arouca and Desportivo Nacional are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Desportivo Nacional start the game by kicking off the first half!
12.21
0-0Cristiano Castro barges into Jaime Oliveira. The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Jaime Oliveira hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
15.03
0-0Andre Ramos decides to run forward with the ball. Andre Ramos sees a break and surges forward. Andre Ramos lofts in a cross ball towards Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal. Magnificent save by Fernando Quaresma!
16.44
0-0Billy White passes the ball forward to Tiago Loureiro. Tiago Loureiro lofts in a cross ball towards Tiago Ramos. Tiago Ramos is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
21.06
0-0Jaime Oliveira sees space and advances. Jaime Oliveira knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
33.28
0-0Desportivo Nacional are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
42.57
0-1Luis-Clemente Marchand flicks the ball to his team mate, Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso knocks in a cross ball towards Joao Soares. Joao Soares flicks the ball with his head. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
F.C. Arouca kick off!
47.34
Renzo Biancone makes a probing pass to Tiago Ramos. Tiago Ramos knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
48.36
Pedro Barros makes a simple pass to Joao Soares. Joao Soares knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Miguel Viana.
53.32
Miguel Viana sees space and advances. Miguel Viana sees a break and surges forward. Miguel Viana knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Andre Ramos.
55.37
Said Lièvre makes a probing pass to Joao Monteiro. Joao Monteiro knocks the ball forward to Tiago Ramos. Tiago Ramos shoots from outside the area but it goes wide for a goal kick.
59.46
Cristiano Castro passes the ball forward to Joao Soares. Joao Soares shoots from 25 yards but it goes wide for a goal kick.
60.54
Jaime Oliveira makes a probing pass to Tiago Ramos. Tiago Ramos knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by David Hendry.
61.04
Billy White makes a simple pass to Tiago Loureiro. Tiago Loureiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
63.07
Cristiano Castro threads the ball through to Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Miguel Viana.
65.19
Luis-Clemente Marchand threads the ball through to Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso knocks in a cross ball towards Joao Soares. Joao Soares directs the ball goalwards with his head. It's a goal!! What a beauty!
79.33
Denny Verberne chips the ball to his team mate, Antonio Nunes. Antonio Nunes makes a simple pass to Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso finds some space and shoots from distance but it is tipped over by Fernando Quaresma.
90.00
The referee blows for full-time
Match Statistics
Goals
0
2
Shots on Target
0
4
Shots off Target
2
1
Offsides
1
1
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
44.9%
55.1%
Play Area
31.9%
49.3%
18.8%
Scorers
| Joao Soares 43, 65 |