Match Report
| Académica de Coimbra | Académica de Coimbra |  |  | Sporting Lisbon | Sporting Lisbon | ||||||||||||||||
| Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | Computer Player | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tony Benyachou | T. Benyachou |  | 58 | G |  | 1 | | G | 63 |  | Gaspar Lima | G. Lima | |||||||||
| Joao Nascimento | J. Nascimento | | 60 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 62 | | Jose Teixeira | J. Teixeira | |||||||||
| Ruben Pinheiro | R. Pinheiro | | 59 | D | | 3 | | D | 56 |  | Adolfo Alvarez | A. Alvarez | |||||||||
| Duarte Barros | D. Barros | | 58 | D | | 4 | | D | 54 | | Joao Oliveira | J. Oliveira | |||||||||
| Rui Lima | R. Lima | | 57 | D | | 5 | | D | 54 |  | Neil Burbage | N. Burbage | |||||||||
| Tijani Meerdink | T. Meerdink |  | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 58 | | Joao Oliveira | J. Oliveira | |||||||||
| Eduardo Tavares | E. Tavares | | 52 | M | | 7 | | M | 52 | | Ruel Guppy | R. Guppy | |||||||||
| Silvio Gomes | S. Gomes | | 50 | M | | 8 | | M | 51 | | Daniele Mendonca | D. Mendonca | |||||||||
| Duccio Radice | D. Radice |  | 49 | M | | 9 | | M | 51 | | Filipe Teixeira | F. Teixeira | |||||||||
| Sergio Nunes | S. Nunes | | 58 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 | | Nuno Jesus | N. Jesus | |||||||||
| Seb Gravelaine | S. Gravelaine | | 54 | A | | 11 | | A | 58 | | Pedro Valente | P. Valente | |||||||||
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Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra where Académica de Coimbra play host to Sporting Lisbon. A crowd of 9,006 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Both Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Lisbon are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
Both Académica de Coimbra and Sporting Lisbon are lined up in a 4-4-2 formation.
0.00
0-0Sporting Lisbon kick off!
2.40
0-0Ruben Pinheiro catches Nuno Jesus on the ankles. Ruben Pinheiro is given a warning by the referee! Nuno Jesus stretches but gets up unharmed.
9.42
1-0Duarte Barros plays a long ball forward. Sergio Nunes whips in a cross ball towards Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine flicks the ball with his head. The ball flies into the top corner - goal!!
12.13
1-0Neil Burbage sees space and advances. Neil Burbage makes a beautiful solo run. Neil Burbage plays a perfect one-two with Pedro Valente and rushes in on goal... Neil Burbage takes a shot at goal but he balloons it over the crossbar!
18.58
Ruel Guppy chips the ball to his team mate, Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
20.35
1-0Duarte Barros deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Tavares. Eduardo Tavares makes a simple pass to Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Joao Oliveira.
27.36
1-0Daniele Mendonca makes a probing pass to Nuno Jesus. Nuno Jesus shoots from distance. Tony Benyachou easily smothers it.
33.20
Neil Burbage makes a simple pass to Daniele Mendonca. Daniele Mendonca flicks the ball to his team mate, Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but couldn't keep it down. It goes high into the crowd!
40.06
Ruel Guppy sees a break and surges forward. Ruel Guppy deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente tries a spectacular strike but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
42.07
Joao Oliveira threads the ball through to Ruel Guppy. Ruel Guppy knocks the ball forward to Nuno Jesus. Nuno Jesus whips in a cross ball towards Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but somehow Tony Benyachou manages to keep it out.
44.48
Filipe Teixeira threads the ball through to Nuno Jesus. Nuno Jesus shoots from outside the area but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Académica de Coimbra kick off!
48.08
Silvio Gomes controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes knocks in a cross ball but it is headed clear by Joao Oliveira.
49.18
Eduardo Tavares flicks the ball to his team mate, Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes shoots from 20 yards but it flies wide!
51.55
Silvio Gomes makes a simple pass to Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine goes all the way! Seb Gravelaine shoots from just inside the box. The ball edges inside the post - goal!!
55.12
2-0Ruel Guppy chips the ball to his team mate, Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente knocks the ball forward to Nuno Jesus but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
61.13
Daniele Mendonca deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Nuno Jesus. Nuno Jesus sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
65.53
Rui Lima makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Tijani Meerdink. Tijani Meerdink sees space and advances. Tijani Meerdink makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Seb Gravelaine but he's offside!
69.22
2-0Académica de Coimbra are keeping most of the possession at the moment but are so far unable to make the most of it.
72.30
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
73.38
Tijani Meerdink threads the ball through to Sergio Nunes. Sergio Nunes knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Neil Burbage.
75.38
Ruel Guppy brings the ball forward. Ruel Guppy lofts in a cross ball towards Nuno Jesus. Nuno Jesus flicks the ball with his head but it is tipped over by Tony Benyachou.
81.02
Ruel Guppy kicks a strong pass forward to Pedro Valente. Pedro Valente knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Rui Lima.
84.47
Duarte Barros flicks the ball to his team mate, Eduardo Tavares. Eduardo Tavares deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Seb Gravelaine. Seb Gravelaine tries a spectacular long range effort but it goes wide for a goal kick.
90.00
The whistle indicates full-time!
Match Statistics
Goals
2
0
Shots on Target
2
3
Shots off Target
2
6
Offsides
2
1
Fouls
1
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
50.6%
49.4%
Play Area
29.9%
46%
24.1%
Scorers
| Seb Gravelaine 9, 52 |