Match Report
| Santa Clara | Santa Clara |  |  | F.C. Arouca | F.C. Arouca | ||||||||||||||||
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| Ferry Pienaar | F. Pienaar |  | 63 | G |  | 1 | | G | 65 |  | Fernando Quaresma | F. Quaresma | |||||||||
| Francis Savigny | F. Savigny |  | 78 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | Miguel Viana | M. Viana | |||||||||
| Frederico Moreira | F. Moreira | | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 59 | | Said Lièvre | S. Lièvre | |||||||||
| Paul Dickov | P. Dickov |  | 66 | D | | 4 | | D | 59 | | Jorge Loureiro | J. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Rui Rego | R. Rego | | 64 | D | | 5 | | D | 58 | | Francisco Jardim | F. Jardim | |||||||||
| Hugo Barros | H. Barros | | 69 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Mario Pinto | M. Pinto | |||||||||
| Mikael Arctopolitanus | M. Arctopolitanus |  | 66 | M | | 7 | | M | 60 |  | Renzo Biancone | R. Biancone | |||||||||
| Augustine West | A. West |  | 65 | M | | 8 | | M | 58 | | David Nunes | D. Nunes | |||||||||
| Rui Ramos | R. Ramos | | 64 | M | | 9 | | M | 48 | | Manuel Andrade | M. Andrade | |||||||||
| Rui Barbosa | R. Barbosa | | 72 | A | | 10 | | A | 75 | | Jose Santos | J. Santos | |||||||||
| Silvio Varela | S. Varela | | 70 | A | | 11 | | A | 72 | | Ronald Schouft | R. Schouft | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Est˜dio de Sao Miguel where Santa Clara play host to F.C. Arouca. A crowd of 18,642 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Santa Clara and F.C. Arouca are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Santa Clara and F.C. Arouca are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Santa Clara kick off and get the match underway!
2.09
0-0Augustine West knocks the ball forward to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa shoots from 20 yards but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
9.25
0-0Paul Dickov knocks the ball forward to Augustine West. Augustine West knocks the ball forward to Silvio Varela. Silvio Varela knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
12.33
David Nunes kicks a strong pass forward to Jose Santos. Jose Santos knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Frederico Moreira.
15.53
Francis Savigny makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Augustine West. Augustine West chips the ball to his team mate, Silvio Varela. Silvio Varela knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Francisco Jardim.
18.11
Renzo Biancone knocks the ball forward to Jose Santos. Jose Santos shoots from outside the area but it flies wide!
20.49
Renzo Biancone passes the ball forward to Ronald Schouft. Ronald Schouft plays a perfect one-two with Jose Santos and rushes in on goal... Ronald Schouft shows great control and tries a shot on goal but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
26.13
Miguel Viana kicks a strong pass forward to Renzo Biancone. Renzo Biancone makes a probing pass to Jose Santos. Jose Santos knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ferry Pienaar who gathers it comfortably.
32.09
1-0Frederico Moreira flicks the ball to his team mate, Mikael Arctopolitanus. Mikael Arctopolitanus makes a simple pass to Silvio Varela. Silvio Varela knocks in a cross ball towards Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa powers a header at goal. Rui Barbosa scores for Santa Clara!!
36.09
Augustine West controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Silvio Varela. Silvio Varela knocks in a cross ball towards Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa directs the ball goalwards with his head. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
40.23
Jorge Loureiro knocks the ball to his team mate, Renzo Biancone. Renzo Biancone controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ronald Schouft. Ronald Schouft knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Ferry Pienaar who gathers it comfortably.
42.01
Paul Dickov chips the ball to his team mate, Augustine West. Augustine West knocks the ball forward to Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Fernando Quaresma who gathers it comfortably.
45.00
The referee blows for the end of the first half
45.00
The second half starts with F.C. Arouca kicking off!
53.27
Manuel Andrade knocks the ball to his team mate, Jose Santos. Jose Santos knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Paul Dickov.
57.14
2-0Mikael Arctopolitanus kicks a strong pass forward to Silvio Varela. Silvio Varela whips in a cross ball towards Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. The ball is well placed but the keeper is more than a match for it. Saved!
66.58
Francis Savigny advances with the ball. Francis Savigny flicks the ball to his team mate, Rui Barbosa. Rui Barbosa goes all the way! Rui Barbosa takes a shot at goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
84.47
David Nunes chips the ball to his team mate, Ronald Schouft. Ronald Schouft shoots from 25 yards but Ferry Pienaar is on top of it.
87.33
2-0Ronald Schouft catches Francis Savigny on the ankles. Ronald Schouft is warned by the referee! Francis Savigny runs off the knock.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
3
1
Shots off Target
2
2
Offsides
1
0
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
55.4%
44.6%
Play Area
27%
43.2%
29.7%
Scorers
| Rui Barbosa 32, 36 |