May 2 & 3 U13 Outdoor Finals.

A relatively inexperienced Casuals U13 team had a fantastic Outdoor Final, to come fourth, a result which belied their improvement in every game, with a memorable win in the last game against GD Viso. Viso opened the scoring but Captain Martim (of the Lima clan) soon replied with his first of three and Sebastian Baird scored the fourth, all from open play with almost every move started up the right wing by lightning fast Maarten Green (we hope you train more hockey and less football next season!). With revelations Margot and Ana putting up a sterling defence in front of novice goalie Manuel, Viso did not manage to get through to the Casuals goal again.

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Other results:- 1-4 vs. eventual winners Casa Pia; 1-8 vs. AD Lousada, 1-6 vs. AA Espinho. Scorers: Martim, Sebastian and Pedro Leitão, one goal each.

Many thanks to Hugo Jesus for coaching the team during the two days and congratulations to Sebastian Baird being selected for the 2015 U13 Outdoor Dream Team.”

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James Harrison

April 26 – Men beat Viso

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Photo: Paulo Moreira / More photos

The Men travelled to Porto and started their game against Viso in steady drizzle but, with 7 minutes gone, Philipp Wenzel tucked away a good square ball from the right to put them ahead. He could have made it 2-0 shortly after, but his snapshot went just wide. Viso also went close several times, including being frustrated by Joe Kodde’s amazing clearance off the goal-line at a short corner. But, with Lorenzo Neuland, Ruben Campos and Vitor Rosa working tirelessly in the midfield, Casuals were fully deserving of their 1-0 halftime lead.

4 mins after the restart, a fast break sent Lorenzo through alone – the keeper took him out mercilessly, and Joe calmly put away the ensuing penalty stroke for a 2-0 lead. Viso then put the visitors under fierce pressure: João Miguel Freitas had to make some classy saves, including a great stick save low to his right, and the defensive setup of Temwa Smit, Andrew Baird, Michael Kodde and the herculean Joe kept their heads and held firm.

But with 15 minutes to go, Viso finally pulled a goal back from a delicate tip-in. This could have rattled Casuals, but they showed a determination not to defend deep: with 6 mins left, an attacking move involving João Ralha and Philipp found Diogo Brito alone in the circle to beat the keeper with a strong flick for an excellent 3-1 win.

Tony Pringsheim

April 18 – U18s Win again

A equipa Lisbon Casuals entrou no jogo logo a ganhar, no primeiro minuto de jogo marca o primeiro golo, que foi apontado por Thomas Machado na sequência de uma excelente jogada. O jogo estava a ficar um pouco desequilibrado pois a equipa Casa Pia raramente conseguia entrar na nossa área. Após ter passado 13 minutos de jogo ocorreu outro golo para Lisbon Casuals que foi marcado pelo jogador Diogo Brito na sequência de uma jogada, na qual o jogador consegui colocar a bola no canto inferior esquerdo. Após algumas falhas em frente a baliza o Lisbon Casuals consegue marcar mais um golo aos 30 minutos marcado por Philipp Wenzel na sequência de um canto curto.

Na segunda parte do jogo aos 36 minutos o jogador Thomas Machado marcou outro golo para LCHC sendo o seu segundo golo no jogo. A equipa da Casa Pia já se encontrava um pouco desmoralizada pois já eram muitos golos marcados pela nossa equipa. Aos 51 minutos, Philipp Wenzel marca mais um golo, dois minutos depois houve outro golo para LCHC marcado pelo Ioio e no minuto seguinte outro golo marcado por Thomas Machado. Durante o decorrer do jogo um jogador da Casa Pia teve uma lesão e não pode entrar mais. Nos minutos 57 e 58 houve dois golos marcados por Philipp Wenzel os quais foram os últimos do jogo.

Neste jogo, o jogador Philipp Wenzel marcou 4 golos e o jogador Thomas Machado marcou 3 golos, sendo estes os melhores marcadores do jogo.

Resultado final: Casa Pia 0 – 9 LCHC

Francisco Meirinhos

Apr. 12 – Ladies in the Cup final

The ladies won their place in the Portuguese Cup final this weekend, after coming from 0-1 down after the first leg of their semi-final.

They started under a lot of pressure and for the first 7/8 minutes they were lost with a lot of missed passes, poor ball control… after this they found their way under the guidance of their captain Angela Lima and the ladies’ star Inês Campos and never again lost control of the game. Despite being in full control of the game, the 1st goal only appeared from the 5th short-corner by Carolina Oliveira.

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After the break, Belenenses desperately needed a goal to get through to the final and tried to push up, but this only worked for LCHC because we finally found the spaces we needed. The best was still to come, the goal of the day was scored by our speedy warrior Georgina Scheder-Bieschin with a fantastic tip in, slotting the ball in the top left angle after a strong pass from Raquel Freitas: the explosion of happiness on the pitch was amazing, we were ahead in the qualifier for the first time.

To close out this amazing game our star recovered the ball immediately in the Belenenses defence and like an arrow aimed at the goal, she ran straight to the top of the circle leaving 2 Belenenses players behind, to make a brilliant full rotation and shoot hard: the goalie was about to kick the ball out when Joana Penetra with a super intelligent move, tipped in the ball from Inês, making it impossible to defend. Belenenses now had to score 2 goals just to tie the qualifier and 3 to pass… The ladies wouldn’t allow any goal in and sealed their 1st class ticket to the 1st LCHC Cup Final.

João Miguel Freitas

Apr. 11 – U18 6th win in a row

Até ao primeiro golo aos 9 minutos de Philipp Wenzel (canto curto) o jogo estava muito igualado, mesmo dando o facto de a Casa Pia estar a jogar com menos dois jogadores. Este golo deu ao Lisbon Casuals uma pequena vantagem, conseguindo mais ataques e deixando a bola no meio campo da Casa Pia. Foi só aos 22 minutos que a Casa Pia deixou entrar um golo de Vicente Mourão. No minuto seguinte Thomas Machado conseguiu fazer o mesmo.

Na segunda parte do jogo Tomas Hilt entrou como Kicking-Back, mudando o guarda redes Gonçalo Brito para o ataque. A Casa Pia começou a segunda parte com menos mais um jogador, que tinha levado com um cartão verde no minuto 35 da parte anterior. Foi só ao minuto 50 que entrou um golo, novamente de Philipp Wenzel. A presença de um Kicking-Back turnou alguns contra ataques da Casa Pia muito perigosos, o que não facilitou o jogo ao LCHC. Aos 55 minutos entrou outro golo de Thomas Machado. Foi Philipp Wenzel que marcou o último golo para o LCHC aos 64 minutos.”

Resultado final: Casa Pia  0 – 6  Lisbon Casuals

 Henrique Santos