Longa 4 - 1 benficaa123
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21-07-2012 21.45
8700 spectators arrived at
Estádio do Fôjo, where weather conditions were pretty good for football.
Björn Linbom was the appointed referee with assistance provided by
David Mensales and
Abdollah Nabavi.
A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Longa.
Lineup: Nájera - Lapaj, Ventura Costa, Di meo, Marques - Turpin, Tambadou, Krzyżostaniak, Velaz de Cabrera - Costa Saraiva, Boess.
benficaa123 tactics involved an interesting 3-4-3 combination.
The following players had been chosen: Netinho - Tkacz, Ferčič, Arnaut - Ferreira Alves, Brilhante, Fidalgo, Sá - Monteiro, Ribeiro Miranda, Rodrigues.
Longa were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks.
10 minutes into the game, benficaa123 seemed a little tentative in their play as their organization fell to
solid.
J. Brilhante of benficaa123 received a yellow card after 24 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour.
28 minutes of the match played, and a comedy of errors by the home side gave the visitors a chance at the lead, but
A. Fidalgo, after finding himself dashing down on goal from the left with only the keeper to beat, sliced his shot horribly wide.
With 29 minutes gone, a long pass from the defence of Longa resulted in a counterattack that set
K. Krzyżostaniak free through the middle, but the keeper made a spectacular diving save.
After a fine move down the middle
B. Tambadou nearly gave the home side a goal after 30 minutes. However the finishing shot went just wide.
With 36 minutes played, seemingly due to lack of experience,
V. Lapaj needlessly tripped an opponent just outside the penalty area, but the free kick that followed didn't succeed.
Longa broke through on the left 40 minutes into the game, with
V. Costa Saraiva firing in from an acute angle to give the home side a 1 - 0 lead.
With 43 minutes played, Longa put themselves up 2 - 0 when the visiting defenders lost the ball to
V. Costa Saraiva, who came up from the left and proceeded to coolly round the keeper and knock the ball home.
44 minutes into the game, benficaa123 had difficulty finding their positions and their organisation dropped to
passable.
Longa increased the lead as
U. Boess struck to make the score 3 - 0 after an attack from the left left him unmarked in front of the keeper.
Confident in their lead, Longa's players relaxed and focused more on defending the lead than increasing it.
Halftime score was 3 - 0.
Longa enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 58 percent of possession.
A review of the gameplan helped benficaa123 get back to a
solid organisation when the referee blew his whistle again.
benficaa123 breathed new life into the game with an opportunity to reduce the score after 56 minutes, but the home side's defenders cleared the ball on the line, after a long shot coming in from the left rebounded off the crossbar.
The coach of Longa was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes,
D. Kranz came on for
K. Krzyżostaniak.
62 minutes into the game, benficaa123 seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a
inadequate level of organisation.
Content with how the game was proceeding, the Longa coach let
S. Riou replace
R. Velaz de Cabrera after 66 minutes.
U. Boess wanted to play on, but the Longa coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 78 minutes into the game by
Ö. Berhayat.
As the captain was no longer on the pitch,
Ö. Berhayat took over the role of being the Longa captain.
F. Ferreira Alves sailed high above the opponents as he headed in a corner kick from
C. Monteiro after 79 minutes of play, making the score 3 - 1.
After 86 minutes,
J. Marques put Longa ahead 4 - 1 when he rose to head in a cross from the right wing.
Longa claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 63 percent.
The most dominating Longa player was without a doubt
V. Costa Saraiva.
However,
J. Nájera made a disastrous appearance.
Most important benficaa123 player was
C. Monteiro.
J. Brilhante was a disappointment, however.
The match ends 4 - 1.
Rating details
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| Midfield |
8 |
6 |
 |
 |
| Right defence |
21 |
9 |
 |
 |
| Central defence |
22 |
17 |
 |
 |
| Left defence |
18 |
11 |
 |
 |
| Right attack |
15 |
13 |
 |
 |
| Central attack |
12 |
18 |
 |
 |
| Left attack |
13 |
17 |
 |
 |
| |
| Indirect set pieces |
| Defence |
16 |
17 |
 |
 |
| Attack |
15 |
16 |
 |
 |
| |
| Team attitude |
(Hidden) |
(Hidden) |
| Tactic |
Attack on wings |
Normal |
| Tactic skill |
11 |
(no tactic) |
 |
|
| |
| Average midfield |
8 |
6 |
 |
 |
| Average defence |
20 |
12 |
 |
 |
| Average attack |
13 |
16 |
 |
 |
| Total average |
14 |
11 |
 |
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