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

Oct. 25

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:

U18 Selecao 2014_15From left to right:

Joe Kodde (as coach), André Teixeira, Diogo Brito, Tomas Hilt, Philipp Wenzel, and Gonçalo Brito (GK).

Oct. 22 – Ladies win again

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