Match Report
| Académica de Coimbra | Académica de Coimbra |  |  | Sporting Braga | Sporting Braga | ||||||||||||||||
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| Miguel Almeida | M. Almeida |  | 67 | G |  | 1 | | G | 58 | | Andre Barros | A. Barros | |||||||||
| Hugo Reis | H. Reis | | 64 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 67 | | Vasco Postiga | V. Postiga | |||||||||
| Eduardo Andrade | E. Andrade | | 63 | D | | 3 | | D | 65 | | Pedro Pinto | P. Pinto | |||||||||
| Harry Barrett | H. Barrett |  | 63 | D | | 4 | | D | 53 |  | Patricio Campos | P. Campos | |||||||||
| Diogo Lopes | D. Lopes | | 61 | D | | 5 | | D | 48 | | Francisco Monteiro | F. Monteiro | |||||||||
| Tomas Antunes | T. Antunes | | 58 | M | | 6 | | M | 67 |  | Ronan Mary | R. Mary | |||||||||
| Gaspar Ferreira | G. Ferreira | | 57 | M | | 7 | | M | 63 | | Francisco Veloso | F. Veloso | |||||||||
| Pietro Sotgia | P. Sotgia |  | 52 | M | | 8 | | M | 62 |  | Alje Hersi | A. Hersi | |||||||||
| Joao Bento | J. Bento | | 80 | A | | 9 | | M | 59 | | Cedric Modeste | C. Modeste | |||||||||
| Alberto Varela | A. Varela | | 56 | A | | 10 | | A | 61 | | Guido Rimondini | G. Rimondini | |||||||||
| Frederico Nunes | F. Nunes | | 56 | A | | 11 | | A | 56 | | Alexandre Neves | A. Neves | |||||||||
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Match Report
It's a sunny day here at Estádio Cidade de Coimbra where Académica de Coimbra play host to Sporting Braga. A crowd of 8,847 fill this 10,000 capacity stadium.
Académica de Coimbra are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sporting Braga appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
Académica de Coimbra are playing in a 4-3-3 formation while Sporting Braga appear to be shaped for 4-4-2.
0.00
0-0The first half starts with Académica de Coimbra kicking off!
2.52
0-0Pietro Sotgia makes a simple pass to Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela whips in a cross ball towards Joao Bento. Joao Bento directs the ball goalwards with his head but he skews it badly. The ball flies well over the bar!
6.56
0-0The crowd are getting restless wanting to see some action.
9.07
Académica de Coimbra are easily keeping Sporting Braga at bay, but can't capitalise on it.
10.41
Hugo Reis decides to run forward with the ball. Hugo Reis chips the ball to his team mate, Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela shoots from outside the area but it is miles over!
14.02
Pietro Sotgia knocks the ball to his team mate, Joao Bento. Joao Bento whips in a cross ball towards Frederico Nunes. Frederico Nunes powers a header at goal but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
26.35
Gaspar Ferreira kicks a strong pass forward to Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela lofts in a cross ball towards Joao Bento. Joao Bento flicks the ball with his head but it curls horrendously wide!
39.27
0-0Alje Hersi comes in with a late challenge on Tomas Antunes. Alje Hersi is warned by the referee! Tomas Antunes runs off the knock.
40.31
Patricio Campos chips the ball to his team mate, Cedric Modeste. Cedric Modeste sees a break and surges forward. Cedric Modeste whips in a cross ball towards Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves directs the ball goalwards with his head but connects badly, narrowly missing the linesman!
42.17
Diogo Lopes chips the ball to his team mate, Tomas Antunes. Tomas Antunes knocks the ball to his team mate, Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela lofts in a cross ball towards Joao Bento. Joao Bento is unmarked! He powers a header at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
45.00
The first half ends with the referee blowing his whistle!
45.00
The whistle blows and Sporting Braga get the second half underway!
48.45
Tomas Antunes catches Alje Hersi on the ankles. The referee calls over Tomas Antunes and warns him to calm down! Alje Hersi hobbles a bit, but should be okay.
51.07
Eduardo Andrade knocks the ball forward to Pietro Sotgia. Pietro Sotgia makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it is miles over!
55.19
Guido Rimondini clumsily knocks into Harry Barrett. Guido Rimondini is warned by the referee! Harry Barrett stretches but gets up unharmed.
57.32
0-0Harry Barrett surges forward with the ball. Harry Barrett threads the ball through to Alberto Varela. Alberto Varela knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Andre Barros who gathers it comfortably.
63.45
The play is deadlocked with neither team giving up possession lightly.
65.51
0-0Tomas Antunes comes in with a late challenge on Cedric Modeste. Tomas Antunes is shown the yellow card! Cedric Modeste stretches but gets up unharmed.
78.47
0-0Francisco Veloso kicks a strong pass forward to Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves shoots from 20 yards. It curls slightly but Miguel Almeida manages to gather it comfortably.
79.10
Harry Barrett sees a break and surges forward. Harry Barrett sees space and advances. Harry Barrett tries a spectacular long range effort but connects badly and the ball goes wide!
81.38
Vasco Postiga knocks the ball forward to Cedric Modeste. Cedric Modeste threads the ball through to Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini lofts in a cross ball towards Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves connects with the ball, driving a powerful header at goal but Miguel Almeida is on top of it.
83.45
Harry Barrett knocks the ball forward to Pietro Sotgia. Pietro Sotgia deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Frederico Nunes. Frederico Nunes shoots from distance but it goes wide for a goal kick.
87.18
Patricio Campos makes a simple pass to Alje Hersi. Alje Hersi deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Guido Rimondini. Guido Rimondini knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
89.05
Alje Hersi kicks a strong pass forward to Alexandre Neves. Alexandre Neves shoots from outside the area. Miguel Almeida easily smothers it.
90.00
Diogo Lopes knocks the ball to his team mate, Gaspar Ferreira. Gaspar Ferreira chips the ball to his team mate, Frederico Nunes. Frederico Nunes knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
Match Statistics
Goals
0
0
Shots on Target
0
3
Shots off Target
8
1
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
2
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Possession
69%
31%
Play Area
28.2%
42.3%
29.6%