Match Report
| Desportivo Nacional | Desportivo Nacional |  |  | Sporting Covilha | Sporting Covilha | ||||||||||||||||
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| Lars Basler | L. Basler |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 74 |  | Paulo Fonseca | P. Fonseca | |||||||||
| Edgar Reis | E. Reis | | 75 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 78 |  | Kevin Telfer | K. Telfer | |||||||||
| Eduardo Andrade | E. Andrade | | 68 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Ricardo Barbosa | R. Barbosa | |||||||||
| David Hendry | D. Hendry | | 67 | D | | 4 | | D | 65 | | David Jentsch | D. Jentsch | |||||||||
| Younès Ghazi | Y. Ghazi |  | 67 | D | | 5 | | D | 60 | | David Jesus | D. Jesus | |||||||||
| Antonio Nunes | A. Nunes | | 74 | M | | 6 | | M | 72 | | Craig Morrison | C. Morrison | |||||||||
| Pedro Barros | P. Barros | | 73 | M | | 7 | | M | 70 | | Antonio Rego | A. Rego | |||||||||
| Luis-Clemente Marchand | L. Marchand |  | 56 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 | | Jorge Loureiro | J. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Cristiano Castro | C. Castro | | 54 | M | | 9 | | M | 67 | | Tiago Jardim | T. Jardim | |||||||||
| Jose Veloso | J. Veloso | | 64 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 |  | Gavin Murray | G. Murray | |||||||||
| Cristiano Veloso | C. Veloso | | 60 | A | | 11 | | A | 65 | | Albrecht Buchwald | A. Buchwald | |||||||||
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Match Report
An overcast sky looms overhead here at Ground Estádio da Madeira where Desportivo Nacional play host to Sporting Covilha. A crowd of 20,708 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Desportivo Nacional and Sporting Covilha are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Desportivo Nacional and Sporting Covilha are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Sporting Covilha kicking off!
3.33
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
9.30
0-0Antonio Nunes flicks the ball to his team mate, Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso shoots from outside the area. The ball comes in low, but Paulo Fonseca easily smothers it!
12.49
Kevin Telfer flicks the ball to his team mate, Tiago Jardim. Tiago Jardim makes a probing pass to Albrecht Buchwald. Albrecht Buchwald goes all the way! Albrecht Buchwald rockets a shot on goal but Lars Basler is on top of it.
16.54
0-0Jorge Loureiro makes a probing pass to Albrecht Buchwald. Albrecht Buchwald knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
18.44
Jorge Loureiro makes a beautiful solo run. Jorge Loureiro shoots from outside the area. Magnificent save by Lars Basler!
39.52
Pedro Barros chips the ball to his team mate, Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by David Jentsch.
42.46
0-1Antonio Rego brings the ball forward. Antonio Rego plays a perfect one-two with Gavin Murray and rushes in on goal... Antonio Rego tries a spectacular strike. Antonio Rego scores for Sporting Covilha!!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The second half starts with Desportivo Nacional kicking off!
51.52
David Jentsch surges forward with the ball. David Jentsch flicks the ball to his team mate, Gavin Murray. Gavin Murray kicks a strong pass forward to Albrecht Buchwald. Albrecht Buchwald takes a shot at goal. Lars Basler easily smothers it.
53.50
Luis-Clemente Marchand controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso shoots from distance which easily beats the keeper. Goal!!
57.04
Pedro Barros makes a simple pass to Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by David Jentsch.
60.43
1-1Kevin Telfer chips the ball to his team mate, Jorge Loureiro. Jorge Loureiro passes the ball forward to Albrecht Buchwald. Albrecht Buchwald knocks in a cross ball towards Gavin Murray. Gavin Murray directs the ball goalwards with his head but it is miles over!
61.52
Antonio Rego makes a beautiful solo run. Antonio Rego knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Eduardo Andrade.
65.33
Cristiano Castro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso knocks in a cross ball towards Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso powers a header at goal but it flies wide!
71.54
1-1Pedro Barros decides to run forward with the ball. Pedro Barros makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Jose Veloso but he's offside!
72.40
Antonio Nunes surges forward with the ball. Antonio Nunes lofts in a cross ball towards Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso flicks the ball with his head. It's miles wide!
77.49
Luis-Clemente Marchand chips the ball to his team mate, Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso lofts in a cross ball towards Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso heads the ball goalwards. Magnificent save by Paulo Fonseca!
83.00
Antonio Nunes threads the ball through to Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Paulo Fonseca who gathers it comfortably.
84.25
Tiago Jardim deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Gavin Murray. Gavin Murray knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Lars Basler who gathers it comfortably.
87.10
David Hendry flicks the ball to his team mate, Cristiano Castro. Cristiano Castro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso knocks in a cross ball towards Cristiano Veloso. Cristiano Veloso flicks the ball with his head but Paulo Fonseca is on top of it.
90.00
Luis-Clemente Marchand kicks a strong pass forward to Jose Veloso. Jose Veloso goes all the way! Jose Veloso rockets a shot on goal but Paulo Fonseca is on top of it.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
1
1
Shots on Target
5
4
Shots off Target
2
1
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
53.6%
46.4%
Play Area
18.8%
50.7%
30.4%
Scorers