Nov. 29 – U18 close win

LCHC começou o jogo com Bernardo Paredes e comigo, Tomas Hilt, como defesas, à frente jogaram Diogo Brito e André Teixeira e à baliza como sempre o nosso guarda-redes Gonçalo Brito. Por causa de estar doente o nosso capitão Philipp Wenzel não pode jogar, sendo assim que fui eu o capitão do LCHC.

Começamos o jogo depois de 16 minutos já estava 0:2 para os nossos adversários. Por causa de falta de treino a nossa maneira de jogar parecia que ainda estávamos a jogar hóquei em campo. O jogador André Teixeira (LCHC) teve de sair de campo por ter recebido um cartão verde.

A primeira parte tinha acabado. O nosso treinador Joe Kodde não estava muito feliz com o resultado e a maneira como nós estávamos a jogar. Tendo conta que também podíamos ter sofrido mais do que só um canto curto mas por causa de excelentes defesas do nosso guarda-redes, Gonçalo Brito, não sofremos mais. Os jogadores também fizeram bastantes boas defesas contra os cantos curto, por exemplo Bernardo Paredes defendeu uma bola em cima da linha da baliza.

Entramos na segunda parte e começamos a jogar com muito mais concentração e mais garra para ganhar o jogo. Sendo assim que Diogo Brito marca no minuto 32 e 37 dois golos ambos por uma jogada. Estava 2:2 até ao último minuto onde ganhamos um canto curto por Diogo Brito. André Teixeira injeta para a entrada da área onde eu estava. Com um dragflick marquei o golo que decidiu o resultado final de 3:2 para o Lisbon Casuals.

Tommy Hilt

Nov. 23 -Men draw against Juventude HC

After the U18s beat Casa Pia 5-1 yesterday, the Men had to come from behind twice today for a draw against Juventude. After falling behind to a high strike after 7 minutes, they went level 10 minutes later, when a fierce backhand cross from Philip Wenzel was neatly tucked away at the far post by João Ralha. A silly mix-up in the Casuals’ defence allowed Juventude to take the lead again 15 minutes into the second half.

With Fernando Custódio, Fred Santos and André Teixeira working tirelessly in midfield, Casuals gradually took control of the game. But, despite several inviting crosses flashing across the visitors’ goalmouth, Casuals’ finishing was simply not up to scratch.  After failing to take advantage of a host of penalty corners, Philip Wenzel finally drove one low inside the right-hand post for the equaliser. With Casuals wasting another clear-cut chance for a winner at the left-hand post in the final minutes, the game reflected some much improved team play, but a disappointment at the final 2-2 scoreline.

Nov. 16 – Super Georgina help ladies win

Ladies: 7-1. Super Georgina was the MVP with 3 goals. In what was supposed to be an easy game for the Ladies, they started building the score early in the game: the ‘Georgina show’ was even better, adding speed to the game. However the passes were not getting into the circle where our captain Angela Lima was looking them, and this lack of accuracy turned the game into a very hard situation to solve… But Georgina scored again from a brilliant move with only 4 passes from the defensive line to the back of the opposition goal: only then did LCHC get going, everything started to flow and 2 minutes later the youngest player Marina scored again this season, after earlier  goals in the league!! In the midfield Janna Wende and Inês Campos showed a mature attitude holding that sector every time Casa Pia A.C. tried to do something.

In the second half, Georgina completed her hat-trick of the game, Inês Campos also scored, and Rita de Sousa scored 2 more goals for LCHC ladies. Casa Pia A.C. got their goal 3 minutes from the end of the game.

JM

Nov. 2 Home Derby

The surprise of the weekend was the U15 winning agaisnt the Ladies at a ‘home derby’. The Ladies dominated the first half of the game with perfect ball circulation, giving their young opponents almost no chance to attack the ladies’  area. And the first goal was perfectly scored by U15 player Marije making her debut for the Ladies.

But the second half was a completely different game, with the Ladies losing control of the game and no longer executing ball circulation, while the U15s started to grow in confidence and achieved their first goal by Diogo Lima early in the second half.

The game at this stage was equal; both teams could have scored goals but it was the U15 that started to run away on the score board with 2 goals from John Harrison and another from Vicente Mourão, reaching an amazing 4-1.

The ladies weren’t happy with this and their captain Angela pushed the team and scored 2 goals in a very short period of time, but all the effort was in vain as the umpire’s whistle went with a final score for the U15s of 4-3!

JM