Match Report
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara |  |  | U Madeira | U Madeira | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nuno Fernandes | N. Fernandes |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 69 | | Filipe Vieira | F. Vieira | |||||||||
| Francis Savigny | F. Savigny |  | 78 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Alexandre Santos | A. Santos | |||||||||
| Danny de Bruin | D. de Bruin |  | 69 | D | | 3 | | D | 65 | | Michel Flachez | M. Flachez | |||||||||
| Paul Dickov | P. Dickov |  | 65 | D | | 4 | | D | 62 | | Carlos Le Paih | C. Le Paih | |||||||||
| Rui Rego | R. Rego | | 64 | D | | 5 | | M | 71 |  | Breno Jeda | B. Jeda | |||||||||
| Hugo Barros | H. Barros | | 68 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Francisco Varela | F. Varela | |||||||||
| Tiago Veloso | T. Veloso | | 66 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 |  | Mohammed Babayaro | M. Babayaro | |||||||||
| Mikael Arctopolitanus | M. Arctopolitanus |  | 66 | M | | 8 | | M | 67 |  | Alfred Bloomer | A. Bloomer | |||||||||
| Rui Ramos | R. Ramos | | 64 | M | | 9 | | A | 73 |  | Noah Neuhaus | N. Neuhaus | |||||||||
| Rui Barbosa | R. Barbosa | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 70 | | Bruno Veloso | B. Veloso | |||||||||
| Roberto Monteiro | R. Monteiro | | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 66 | | Rodrigo Jesus | R. Jesus | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Est˜dio de Sao Miguel where Santa Clara play host to U Madeira. Its a sell-out today with the 21,000 capacity stadium completely full.
Santa Clara are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while U Madeira appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
Santa Clara are playing in a 4-4-2 formation while U Madeira appear to be shaped for 3-4-3.
0.00
0-0The whistle blows and U Madeira kick off!
3.29
0-0Tiago Veloso chips the ball to his team mate, Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Filipe Vieira who gathers it comfortably.
10.44
1-0Mikael Arctopolitanus controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
15.31
Alexandre Santos passes the ball forward to Francisco Varela. Francisco Varela chips the ball to his team mate, Rodrigo Jesus. Rodrigo Jesus knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Nuno Fernandes who gathers it comfortably.
22.49
1-0Breno Jeda knocks the ball forward to Noah Neuhaus. Noah Neuhaus controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it flies wide!
24.35
Alexandre Santos chips the ball to his team mate, Francisco Varela. Francisco Varela chips the ball to his team mate, Noah Neuhaus. Noah Neuhaus tries a spectacular long range effort but it flies wide!
26.48
1-0Paul Dickov deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Hugo Barros. Hugo Barros decides to run forward with the ball. Hugo Barros lofts in a cross ball towards Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Filipe Vieira manages to gather it comfortably.
27.30
1-0Tiago Veloso hacks Mohammed Babayaro from behind! The referee calls over Tiago Veloso and warns him to calm down! Mohammed Babayaro stretches but gets up unharmed.
30.58
Paul Dickov chips the ball to his team mate, Tiago Veloso. Tiago Veloso makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro shoots from outside the area but it goes wide for a goal kick.
34.38
Francisco Varela passes the ball forward to Bruno Veloso. Bruno Veloso shoots from long range but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
38.12
Tiago Veloso makes a probing pass to Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
39.41
Mikael Arctopolitanus knocks the ball forward to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa tries a spectacular long range effort but Filipe Vieira is on top of it.
44.36
Carlos Le Paih deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francisco Varela. Francisco Varela controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Rodrigo Jesus. Rodrigo Jesus knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Paul Dickov.
45.00
The whistle indicates the end of the first half!
45.00
Santa Clara kick off the second half!
48.30
Alexandre Santos makes a probing pass to Francisco Varela. Francisco Varela flicks the ball to his team mate, Bruno Veloso. Bruno Veloso sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal. It curls slightly but Nuno Fernandes manages to gather it comfortably.
49.18
Francisco Varela barges into Rui Ramos. Francisco Varela is given a warning by the referee! Rui Ramos runs off the knock.
54.15
Francis Savigny makes a simple pass to Mikael Arctopolitanus. Mikael Arctopolitanus knocks the ball to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Carlos Le Paih.
55.27
Paul Dickov sweeps the ball long. Rui Barbosa shoots from 25 yards but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
60.36
Francisco Varela flicks the ball to his team mate, Bruno Veloso. Bruno Veloso shoots from long range but somehow Nuno Fernandes manages to keep it out.
61.06
Francis Savigny sees space and advances. Francis Savigny knocks the ball to his team mate, Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa shows great control and tries a shot on goal. It's in!! A beautiful goal for Rui Barbosa!
66.34
2-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
71.55
The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
79.55
Mikael Arctopolitanus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Roberto Monteiro. Roberto Monteiro knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Carlos Le Paih.
81.12
Carlos Le Paih threads the ball through to Breno Jeda. Breno Jeda knocks the ball forward to Rodrigo Jesus. Rodrigo Jesus whips in a cross ball towards Bruno Veloso. Bruno Veloso heads the ball goalwards but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
84.31
Francis Savigny flicks the ball to his team mate, Mikael Arctopolitanus. Mikael Arctopolitanus makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Filipe Vieira who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
4
2
Shots off Target
2
4
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
1
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
56.4%
43.6%
Play Area
29.5%
46.2%
24.4%
Scorers
| Rui Barbosa 10, 61 |