Nov 10

Mixed weekend – Junior teams lead the way.

U18_Team

It was a busy weekend for Casuals, with four teams playing league fixtures. Yesterday the U18s began with a good win against Lousada. Although they only opened the scoring after 28 minutes, the visitors then equalised barely a minute later. In the second half some strong Casuals attacking play finally allowed them to open up a two goal lead and in fact they should have built on this. Instead they conceded from a Lousada penalty corner and had to hold on for the last quarter of an hour for a deserved 3-2 win.

Ladies-Auchan

The Ladies then struggled to withstand some strong attacking play by Sport Club but, despite some outstanding saves from their keeper, Sport eventually opened the scoring in the 46th minute. A tired Casuals team them conceded two more goals, the second of which came cruelly just before the final hooter.

U15-Auchan

This morning the U15s had no trouble beating a depleted Casa Pia A team. At half time they were already 6-1 up and they scored 3 more goals in the second half, with the last goal coming from a very neat move involving a string of 5 passes.

The Men travelled to Espinho for their rather more tricky match against Lamas. After going down a couple of goals early on, they were always going to find recovery difficult. Despite finding the net several times in a high-scoring game, they eventually went down 4-7.

Nov 3

Ladies

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On Tuesday the Ladies played an U18 Girls team from Ilkley School. Leading 3-1 at half time, the Casuals had to weather a bit of a comeback by Ilkley, but eventually ran out 5-3 winners with a good attacking display.

U13

U13-vs-CSA-PIA

In spite of a new goalie and new defensive line up, the U13s did not really find their rhythm against Casa Pia yesterday and one field goal in the first half was all they could manage in their 1-0 win.

U15

U-15Team

This morning it was the U15s turn to play Casa Pia and, after their previous 2-2 draw, this was a much more coherent exhibition. By the interval they were 2-0 up and in control of the game. A couple of close misses by the Casuals were only precursors of another goal, which they duly scored 3 minutes from time for a good 3-0 win.