Match Report
| Sporting Covilha | Sporting Covilha |  |  | Varzim | Varzim | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Edgar Ferreira | E. Ferreira |  | 70 | G |  | 1 | | G | 68 | | Duarte Martins | D. Martins | |||||||||
| Jacob Gardner | J. Gardner |  | 68 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 68 |  | Albrecht Eilts | A. Eilts | |||||||||
| Christian Robbiati | C. Robbiati |  | 66 | D | | 3 | | D | 66 | | Silvio Viana | S. Viana | |||||||||
| Evans Fusco | E. Fusco | | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 57 |  | Jose Fortes Ramirez | J. Ramirez | |||||||||
| Ruben Quaresma | R. Quaresma | | 56 | D | | 5 | | D | 56 | | Pedro Reis | P. Reis | |||||||||
| Abel Santos | A. Santos | | 65 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 | | Alberto Campos | A. Campos | |||||||||
| Vitor Nascimento | V. Nascimento | | 65 | M | | 7 | | M | 65 |  | Louis Gentile | L. Gentile | |||||||||
| Cristiano Carvalho | C. Carvalho | | 64 | M | | 8 | | M | 61 | | Sebastiao Pinheiro | S. Pinheiro | |||||||||
| David Vieira | D. Vieira | | 59 | M | | 9 | | M | 60 | | Daniel Santos | D. Santos | |||||||||
| Miguel Castro | M. Castro | | 70 | A | | 10 | | A | 74 | | Ruben Loureiro | R. Loureiro | |||||||||
| Stephen Morrison | S. Morrison |  | 63 | A | | 11 | | A | 65 | | Ruben Faria | R. Faria | |||||||||
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Match Report
It is a thoroughly wet and miserable day here at Complexo Desportivo da Covilhã where Sporting Covilha play host to Varzim. A crowd of 18,152 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
Both Sporting Covilha and Varzim are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Sporting Covilha and Varzim are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Varzim start the match!
8.56
0-0Sebastiao Pinheiro makes a beautiful solo run. Sebastiao Pinheiro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
14.39
0-0Pedro Reis makes a simple pass to Daniel Santos. Daniel Santos flicks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Loureiro. Ruben Loureiro shoots from long range but somehow Edgar Ferreira manages to keep it out.
21.56
Louis Gentile knocks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Faria. Ruben Faria knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Evans Fusco.
22.17
David Vieira sees space and advances. David Vieira lofts in a cross ball towards Miguel Castro. Miguel Castro is unmarked! He powers a header at goal. Magnificent save by Duarte Martins!
28.23
0-0Christian Robbiati passes the ball forward to David Vieira. David Vieira kicks a strong pass forward to Stephen Morrison. Stephen Morrison shoots from outside the area but he balloons it over the crossbar!
30.18
0-0Louis Gentile chips the ball to his team mate, Ruben Loureiro. Ruben Loureiro threads the ball through to Ruben Faria but he's offside!
45.00
0-0The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
45.00
The referee whistles the end of the first half!
45.00
Sporting Covilha kick off and get the second half underway!
49.03
Jacob Gardner controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Cristiano Carvalho. Cristiano Carvalho threads the ball through to Stephen Morrison. Stephen Morrison knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Albrecht Eilts.
55.25
Sporting Covilha are easily keeping Varzim at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
59.58
Jose Fortes Ramirez passes the ball forward to Daniel Santos. Daniel Santos chips the ball to his team mate, Ruben Loureiro. Ruben Loureiro passes the ball forward to Ruben Faria. Ruben Faria cuts inside the defence and shoots at goal but somehow Edgar Ferreira manages to keep it out.
65.30
Silvio Viana kicks a strong pass forward to Sebastiao Pinheiro. Sebastiao Pinheiro controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Ruben Faria. Ruben Faria knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Jacob Gardner.
71.39
Silvio Viana chips the ball to his team mate, Sebastiao Pinheiro. Sebastiao Pinheiro knocks the ball forward to Ruben Loureiro. Ruben Loureiro knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Ruben Quaresma.
72.20
0-0Daniel Santos hacks Vitor Nascimento from behind! Daniel Santos is warned by the referee! Vitor Nascimento stretches but gets up unharmed.
73.24
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
81.24
Sporting Covilha are playing some beautiful football, but they cannot seem to penetrate Varzim's defence.
84.53
Silvio Viana threads the ball through to Alberto Campos. Alberto Campos makes a simple pass to Ruben Loureiro. Ruben Loureiro shoots from distance but it is miles over!
89.22
Pedro Reis chips the ball to his team mate, Louis Gentile. Louis Gentile flicks the ball to his team mate, Ruben Faria. Ruben Faria knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Edgar Ferreira who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
Jacob Gardner knocks the ball forward to David Vieira. David Vieira makes a probing pass to Miguel Castro. Miguel Castro knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Duarte Martins who gathers it comfortably.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
1
2
Shots off Target
1
1
Offsides
0
2
Fouls
0
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
40%
60%
Play Area
25.7%
51.4%
22.9%