Match Report
| F.C. Arouca | F.C. Arouca |  |  | Rio Ave | Rio Ave | ||||||||||||||||
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| Giancarlo Vignaroli | G. Vignaroli |  | 66 | G |  | 1 | | G | 79 |  | Rui Nunes | R. Nunes | |||||||||
| Fernando Valente | F. Valente | | 72 | D |  | 2 |  | D | 76 | | Pedro Nascimento | P. Nascimento | |||||||||
| Duarte Marques | D. Marques | | 70 | D | | 3 | | D | 75 | | Joao Moutinho | J. Moutinho | |||||||||
| Willem Moens | W. Moens |  | 67 | D | | 4 | | D | 67 | | Quim Faria | Q. Faria | |||||||||
| Artur Jesus | A. Jesus | | 64 | M | | 5 | | D | 64 | | Edgar Alves | E. Alves | |||||||||
| Guilherme Carvalho | G. Carvalho | | 59 | M | | 6 | | M | 68 | | Tijani Koevermans | T. Koevermans | |||||||||
| Roberto Ramos | R. Ramos | | 55 | M | | 7 | | M | 68 |  | Claude Laget | C. Laget | |||||||||
| Jose Moreira | J. Moreira | | 51 | M | | 8 | | M | 66 | | Abel Jardim | A. Jardim | |||||||||
| Francois Ziani | F. Ziani | | 66 | A | | 9 | | A | 65 | | Paulo Castro | P. Castro | |||||||||
| Roberto Lima | R. Lima | | 64 | A | | 10 | | A | 62 | | Abel Mendes | A. Mendes | |||||||||
| Patricio Alonso | P. Alonso |  | 64 | A | | 11 | | A | 61 | | Armando Mazzoli | A. Mazzoli | |||||||||
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Match Report
Match Report
There is a slight drizzle in the air here at Estádio Municipal where F.C. Arouca play host to Rio Ave. A crowd of 16,326 fill this 21,000 capacity stadium.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Rio Ave appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
F.C. Arouca are playing in a 3-4-3 formation while Rio Ave appear to be shaped for 4-3-3.
0.00
0-0Rio Ave kick off and get the match underway!
4.38
0-0Pedro Nascimento knocks the ball to his team mate, Claude Laget. Claude Laget brings the ball forward. Claude Laget chips the ball to his team mate, Paulo Castro. Paulo Castro rockets a shot on goal but it is tipped over by Giancarlo Vignaroli.
8.17
Roberto Ramos knocks the ball to his team mate, Patricio Alonso. Patricio Alonso tries a spectacular long range effort. The ball comes in low, but Rui Nunes easily smothers it!
15.17
Fernando Valente makes a probing pass to Artur Jesus. Artur Jesus sees a break and surges forward. Artur Jesus goes all the way! Artur Jesus shows great control and tries a shot on goal but Rui Nunes is on top of it.
16.40
0-0Jose Moreira passes the ball forward to Francois Ziani. Francois Ziani knocks in a cross ball but it is too close to Rui Nunes who gathers it comfortably.
22.11
0-0Fernando Valente kicks a strong pass forward to Guilherme Carvalho. Guilherme Carvalho knocks the ball to his team mate, Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francois Ziani but he's offside!
26.52
0-0Quim Faria knocks the ball to his team mate, Tijani Koevermans. Tijani Koevermans makes a probing pass to Abel Mendes. Abel Mendes sees the keeper off his line and tries a speculative shot on goal but it flies wide!
33.40
Duarte Marques decides to run forward with the ball. Duarte Marques makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Patricio Alonso. Patricio Alonso tries a spectacular long range effort but it curls horrendously wide!
36.26
Roberto Ramos deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Roberto Lima. Roberto Lima controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but Rui Nunes is on top of it.
39.44
Duarte Marques controls the ball well before passing to his team mate, Jose Moreira. Jose Moreira makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Francois Ziani. Francois Ziani makes a probing pass to Roberto Lima but he's offside!
45.00
The whistle blows and the first half comes to an end!
45.00
F.C. Arouca kick off!
48.25
Joao Moutinho passes the ball forward to Claude Laget. Claude Laget chips the ball to his team mate, Abel Mendes. Abel Mendes goes all the way! Abel Mendes takes a shot at goal but it curls horrendously wide!
59.51
Jose Moreira knocks the ball to his team mate, Patricio Alonso. Patricio Alonso makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Roberto Lima but he's offside!
63.53
Artur Jesus deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francois Ziani. Francois Ziani goes all the way! Francois Ziani takes a shot at goal but somehow Rui Nunes manages to keep it out.
67.24
Fernando Valente chips the ball to his team mate, Guilherme Carvalho. Guilherme Carvalho deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Patricio Alonso. Patricio Alonso knocks in a poor cross ball which is cleared easily by Pedro Nascimento.
69.17
Quim Faria knocks the ball forward to Claude Laget. Claude Laget passes the ball forward to Paulo Castro. Paulo Castro knocks the ball forward to Abel Mendes but the linesmans flag is up. Offside!
72.30
0-0Artur Jesus clumsily knocks into Abel Jardim. The referee calls over Artur Jesus and warns him to calm down! Abel Jardim runs off the knock.
73.28
Roberto Ramos knocks the ball to his team mate, Francois Ziani. Francois Ziani controls the ball perfectly and tries a long range shot on goal but it goes wide for a goal kick.
75.55
Guilherme Carvalho deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Francois Ziani. Francois Ziani knocks in a cross ball which is cleared easily by the defence.
87.24
Edgar Alves chips the ball to his team mate, Claude Laget. Claude Laget deftly passes the ball to his team mate, Paulo Castro. Paulo Castro knocks in a cross ball which is cleared by the defence.
89.52
0-0Pedro Nascimento hacks Francois Ziani from behind! The referee reaches into his pocket ... it's a yellow card! Francois Ziani carries on, but is struggling a bit.
90.00
Joao Moutinho threads the ball through to Claude Laget. Claude Laget knocks the ball forward to Paulo Castro. Paulo Castro makes a beautiful pass to the feet of Abel Mendes but he's offside!
90.00
The referee blows the final whistle
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