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

Dec. 20 – Xmas Tourno

O dia começou com o torneio dos mais pequenos, Santa’s Special Sixes, organizado pelo James. A equipa White, liderada por Marije Imming, foi a vencedora ao bater a equipa Green 2-0 e a equipa Red 1-0.

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De seguida veio o torneio a sério, o XMAS 7’s, composto por seis equipas. A equipa Rudolph, liderada pelo Andrew, acabou em 6º lugar. Em 5º lugar veio a equipa Prancer, que tinha o Kai como capitão e o Maarten, de 12 anos, o jogador mais novo do torneio. Os Blitzen, liderados pelo Custódio, e com o jogador mais velho do torneio o Hans de 60 anos, acabaram em 4º lugar. A equipa Dasher, que tinha o Jerry como capitão, terminou em 3º lugar. O João Miguel acabou com a tradição de chegar em último lugar, ao liderar os Vixen para o 2º classificado! Mas, havendo tradições que acabam, há as que se mantêm. Com a equipa Comet, liderada pelo Joe, a acabar em 1º lugar. O dia terminou com mais de 40 pessoas no Jantar de Natal em Cascais, contando com uma mistura de Sub-13, Sub-18, Seniores masculinos e femininos, Veteranos e pais.

JK

Dec. 14 – U15 Won against Belenenses Ladies

A brilliant win for the U15s against the former ladies national indoor champions Belenenses, The best game this team ever played: despite the early concession of a strong goal by Belenenses from a short corner, the young ones pushed forward and got the equalizer through Vicente Mourão just before the half-time. Diogo Lima and Marina Gancedo were electric in the LCHC attack, creating numerous opportunities; in the defence John Harrison was a gigantic wall stopping almost all the Belenenses ladies’ attacks. In the second half Belenenses, needing a win to ensure their presence in the ladies national finals, started to push forward: but it was LCHC that controlled the game with a brilliant defence and well organized strategy, and all Belenenses’ attempts were stopped by our ‘Little Giant’  Maarten Green who is becoming a serious case study!! The goal of the day was scored by the usual suspect, Vicente Mourão, from a short corner against LCHC saved by Maarten, Vicente recovered the ball and went straight for goal, dribbling through the entire Belenenses team and scored!!  The 3rd goal came from a brilliant move starting with Kim (another wall in defence) straight to Diogo Lima, and then to Marina Gancedo who closed the score on a fantastic 3-1.

JMF

Nov. 30

The U-15s played their first indoor game on Sunday morning against Casa Pia Ladies and, in spite of the early hour and only one training session the day before, they looked like they had been playing together for six weeks, not six minutes. That was how long it took to get a penalty stroke, and captain Vicente put the first score on the board for the Casuals. It took him just one more minute to put a second goal in. Then one of the two talent discoveries of the day, Fleur Huijsmans, scored 2 more goals from open play and Vicente made it a hat-trick from a penalty corner to take a 5-0 lead into the interval.

After the break, Casa Pia came out fighting, but the second talent discovery of the day, Kim Huijsmans, Fleur’s older sister, took everything in her stride, stayed calm under pressure and played a very mature game at centre back. Vicente then got his fourth goal from another penalty corner and Marina rubbed salt in the wound with a nicely worked goal in the dying minutes, to close out a convincing 7-0 win. Watch out Lisbon Casuals Ladies!

JH

After a tough defeat against Carris this morning, the Men played a second indoor game against Futebol Benfica this evening. Philip Wenzel put the Casuals ahead with a well-directed tip-in from a great through ball by Fred Santos. Futebol Benfica equalized from a defensive mix-up, but Casuals were holding their own. However only André Rosa’s save from a penalty stroke kept the scores level 1-1 at the break. In the second half Casuals’ play became more and more sloppy – perhaps tiredness from the morning game began to take its toll. Their mistakes were punished with regular goals from Futebol Benfica and left them with a 1-7 defeat.

TP