The following Casuals players have been picked for the National U18 squad to compete in the Campeonatos Autonómicos de Espanha in Barcelona from Oct.30 – Nov.2:
From left to right:
Joe Kodde (as coach), André Teixeira, Diogo Brito, Tomas Hilt, Philipp Wenzel, and Gonçalo Brito (GK).
Another day and a completely different game: yesterday the Ladies played against Cathedral School Llandaff, a much younger but very well organized team that gave us a lot of problems on the counter attack.
LCHC controlled most of the game, despite the decreased level of their game, mostly due to the great effort expended the previous day against Wellington College. Nevertheless the Ladies pushed hard and got their 1st goal from a short corner with a beautiful drag flick by Joana Penetra into the bottom right corner. Cathedral School reacted straight away by attacking our area, and soon scored their well deserved goal.
In the second half LCHC were a more determined team and pushed really hard with the midfielders Georgina Scheder-Bieschin, Joana Penetra and Inês Campos getting their game together. In defence Marie-Sophie was more than a gigantic wall with no ball getting through her, and the LCHC attacks were more dangerous from her side. We have to say Girl of the Match was Rita de Sousa who broke the deadlock with a hat-trick to make the final score 4-1. A final reference to our youngest Marina, who is providing some serious competition for former LCHC forwards with her three goal assists!!
Thanks to Move Sports and Cathedral School, LLandaff for making this game possible. A big thank you also to the 3 Belenenses players who kindly accepted to play for us (Isabel, Madalena and Filipa), and an even bigger special thanks to Jessica ‘Cacauette’ from Casa Pia.
JM
Last night LCHC ladies won 3-1 against Wellington College Belfast.
Lisbon Casuals Hockey Club
A lovely game with both sides doing everything to attack the circle. The 1-1 score at half time was a true sign of the perfect balance between the two teams with the LCHC goal being scored by our youngest player Marina Gancedo.
Wellington College Belfast
In the second half the more experienced LCHC team found their second goal through Rita de Sousa, but the best moment of the night was reserved for the end: a perfectly injected short corner by Carolina Oliveira, but not so well stopped. However the loose ball found the stick of Raquel Freitas who only had time for a backhand shot and, with the ball on it’s way to goal, Angela Lima managed a beautiful mid-air deflection sending the ball straight into the top left angle, and making everyone around the pitch cheer loudly!
Lisbon Casuals Ladies would like to thank Browns Sports&Leisure Club for making this game possible despite all the difficulties, and a special thanks to the Wellington College Belfast player Olivia, who played for LCHC in the first half. Thank you very much and see you guys next year.
JM
After only limited training time this season so far and with one less player than CF Benfica and no substitutes, the U-15 put on a fine show to win its first game 8-1 with almost every player putting a goal on the score sheet.
LCHC went into the interval leading 4-0, with 2 goals apiece from Diogo Lima and Vicente Mourão, of which 3 were from open play and one from a short corner. After the interval, LCHC played without a goalie or kicking back and added another 4 goals to 1, again 3 from open play and one short corner.
JH
Logo aos 2 minutos, os Sub 18 ganharam o 1º Canto Curto (CC), mas não conseguiram marcar. Aos 14 minutos os Vets marcaram o primeiro golo do jogo com um remate do Jerry Harris. Aos 21 minutos, os Sub18 ficaram reduzidos a 10 jogadores durante 2 minutos, tendo o Thomas Machado levado com uma bolada no joelho. Nos últimos 10 minutos da 1ª parte os Vets marcaram mais 2 golos, ambos marcados pelo James Harrison.
No início da segunda parte, os Sub18 marcaram o seu primeiro golo, um tiro autêntico de John Harrison. Aos 40 minutos os Sub18 ganharam outro CC e outra vez não marcaram. Logo de seguida os Vets ganharam um CC e também não conseguiram marcar. Aos 49 minutos os Sub 18 marcam o seu segundo golo, novamente pelo John Harrison. Com o jogo a terminar, Jerry Harris marca o último golo do jogo. Ficando Vets 4-2 Sub18 no marcador.
Boa arbitragem de Ray Borrow e Hugo Jesus.
JK
Young against old. It was a great pleasure to be allowed back on the pitch at Jamor, and even better to have a good game against the under 18s
The first half was fairly even, but the Vets proved to be clever with their counter attacks. In Herman we found a very able centre forward. Not the quickest, but why run if you can do it with skill? After some good combinations in the mid field, between Andrew, Aderito and James, Jerry managed to score with a solid hit in the bottom corner. Two goals followed, both scored by James after excellent work by Herman. Half time 3- 0 to the Vets.
After some wise words by captain Hans, we managed to let in 2 quick goals. John (son of James) scored them both and one of them was of a quality that the father can only dream about. 10 minutes to go and Jerry scored a very well placed killer goal in the near corner. With an age difference of at least 30 years the young ones started to run past most of us, but fearless Craig kept the ball out of his goal. End result 4 – 2 to the Vets.
Thanks to Hugo and Ray for umpiring a clean game. No cards, no arguments. As we said to each other at 6 o´clock, “nice to be back on a Saturday afternoon”.
HK
