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Feb. 8 – U18s National Indoor Finals

No passado fim de semana decorreu em Lousada a Fase Final de Hóquei de Sala dos S18, o plantel da equipa foi composta por André Teixeira (capitão), Tomas Hilt (sub-capitão), Bernardo Paredes, Francisco Meirinhos, Diogo Brito, Henrique Santos, Thomas Machado e Gonçalo Brito. O James foi o nosso delegado.

O primeiro jogo foi contra a Casa Pia, onde o LC foi a equipa dominante na primeira parte com o Diogo Brito a marcar dois golos. Na segunda parte do jogo a Casa Pia começou a atacar mais e marcaram o último golo da partida, terminado 2-1 para o Lisbon Casuals.

A ADL foi a segunda equipa que defrontamos no sábado e os mesmos marcaram no primeiro minuto do jogo por desconcentração nossa, mas o André Teixeira consegue marcar logo a seguir e equilibrar o marcador. A ADL volta a marcar e entramos no intervalo a perder 2-1. A segunda parte do jogo viu o melhor hockey jogado pelo LC em toda a época de Sala, onde o Gonçalo Brito faz inúmeras defesas e o Bernardo Paredes impede um golo em cima da linha da baliza. Tomas Hilt consegue acertar no poste da baliza lousadense, mas nos últimos dois minutos do jogo o ADL marca novamente. Substituímos o nosso GR por um jogador com privilégios de GR à procura de um golo, mas a ADL consegue um contra-ataque e acaba por marcar outra vez, terminando o jogo com um derrota por 4-1.

No segundo dia o nosso primeiro jogo foi contra a Juventude, que foi sem dúvida o nosso pior jogo, onde perdemos 12-2 contra uma equipa claramente superior à nossa.

O nosso último jogo foi novamente contra a Casa Pia para decidir o 3º e 4º lugar. Fomos superiores o jogo inteiro, com os primeiros dois golos do Diogo Brito. Casa Pia consegue converter um golo, mas Thomas Machado marca o último golo, terminando assim o jogo com uma vitória de 3-1 e acabar a Fase Final em 3º lugar.

Joe Kodde

Feb. 1 – Men at the National Indoor Finals

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The Men’s first match against Sport Club was always going to be crucial to Sunday’s play-offs, so it was galling to be beaten by a dubious penalty. A tight first half ended without either side able to score, but 4 minutes in, Philipp Wenzel took the ball off a defender, rounded the keeper and squared the ball for João Miguel Freitas to open the scoring. Within 10 minutes Sport had taken a 2-1 lead from two penalty corners, but a great pass from Nicolas Wenzel let in his brother Philipp to make it 2-2. On balance a draw would have been a fair result but, with 50 seconds to go, Sport converted a frankly erroneous penalty stroke for a 3-2 win. In their evening match Casuals took on a strong Carris team, and were 0-7 down at the interval. Although they were always going to struggle against the eventual National Champions, a much closer second half saw them score 3 goals through João Ralha, João Miguel and Nicolas with a lovely lob over the keeper.

The 9am start on the Sunday for their last group match against Juventude did not seem to suit the Casuals, and they ended the first half 2-3 down, despite Miguel Ralha scoring twice to add to his impressive midfield work. Three minutes after the break, Philipp intercepted just inside the opposition half to take the ball past the last defender and the keeper for a tremendous equaliser. Miguel scored from a penalty corner for the Casuals to take the lead but, when a nasty head injury sidelined João Miguel, the team could have lost their focus: instead, 2 more goals from Miguel and 1 from Hugo Jesus sealed a great 7-4 win.

The play-off game against Lamas was a very tight and evenly contested match. At the interval only 2 penalty corner conversions by Lamas separated the teams. After half an hour Joe Kodde, whose defending throughout the weekend had been tremendous, finally pulled one back with a clever tip-in at a penalty corner. But, in pushing for the equaliser, Casuals left themselves open to the 3rd Lamas goal which sealed a 1-3 defeat. Their final placing of 6th out of 8 does perhaps not do justice to the progress in their indoor game that this young Men’s team has shown over the last 2 weekends under João Miguel’s leadership.

Tony Pringsheim

Jan. 25 – Men Win 3 of their 4 Indoor Matches

At the Intermediate Indoor Tournament this weekend, the Men showed some serious improvement in their level of play. They began on Saturday with a 7-3 win against Futebol Benfica. 2-3 down at the break despite two goals from Miguel Ralha, they stormed back with 4 goals including a penalty corner from Philipp Wenzel and another from Miguel. In the evening they suffered their only defeat against União de Lamas, but the final 2-5 score line belied a very tight game.

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Sunday saw them beat Juventude 7-3. With João Miguel Freitas and Joe Kodde switching to man marking in defence, their opponents found little space to attack in. But even so, they managed to wipe out an early 2-0 Casuals lead to reach the break all square at 2-2. In the second half Casuals again pulled away, scoring 5 more goals for a strong win. In the evening’s play-off game, they exacted revenge against Lamas with an excellent 7-5 victory. Next weekend they travel to Espinho for the Indoor Finals.

Tony Pringsheim

U18 Boys with Harrow School

Jan. 10 – U18s Earn tough draw with Harrow

The U18s played a visiting Harrow team this afternoon and found the going tough, conceding 2 goals in a pacy first half. But from the restart Philipp Wenzel began a move involving some 8 Casuals players, and ending with him scoring with a backhand shot from a narrow angle, all this without a Harrow player having touched the ball. This stung the visitors into action, and a goal from a well-worked breakaway restored their two-goal advantage.

U18 Team v Harrow

U18 Team v Harrow

The Casuals midfield of Tommy Hilt, Hugo Jesus and Andre Teixeira continued to work hard to contain the Harrow attack, and Goncalo Brito in goal made some vital saves. From a penalty corner Philipp pulled the score back to 2-3 with a powerful drag-flick into the roof of the net. But, when Harrow again stretched their lead to 2-4, they seemed to be in control. However Casuals fought to pressure their opponents, and a great long ball from Tommy found Philipp inside the circle – his turn and backhand shot completed his hat-trick and gave them a glimmer of hope at 3-4. With 1 minute left on the clock, Diogo Brito drilled a through ball to Harrow’s penalty spot, where Joao Ralha crowned his tireless work rate with a lovely deviation that beat the keeper and gave the Casuals a well-earned 4-4 draw.

Tony Pringsheim

Dec. 21 – Men beaten by Carris

O jogo começou com André Rosa, João Miguel, Joe, Fred e Philipp. Os suplentes eram Hugo Jesus, André Teixeira, Nicolas e João Ralha. Entramos bem no jogo, fortes, sofremos o primeiro golo, com um jogador a menos da equipa adversaria, devido a um cartão verde dado à Carris. Continuamos a lutar, e numa jogada de contra ataque Philipp marca o primeiro golo do LCHC ao minuto 19. A primeira parte acabou com o resultado de 6-1 para a Carris.

Entramos para a segunda parte de cabeça erguida, fechamos bem na defesa e sofremos poucos golos. Nicolas estreia-se esta época de sala com um excelente golo ao minuto 27, onde o guarda-redes atira-se para o chão, e Nicolas remata a bola a meia altura por cima do guarda-redes. E ainda criou uma oportunidade de perigo, onde acertou no poste. O jogo acabou com 10-2 para a Carris, onde André Rosa brilhou em muitas ocasiões, e não esquecer o esforço e a garra com que a equipa jogou, graças ao grande treinador João Miguel, que nos tem apoiado e ensinado muito.

João Ralha