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Imortal 3 - 0 Culatrense

An easy win for Imortal, too easy perhaps. They were two-nil up at half time, which could have been three or four had it not been for some excellent goalkeeping by Tiago Froita. Most of the second half was exceedingly dull, with Imortal seemingly content to use the time for passing practice, while Culatrense for the most part defended en masse. It wasn't until ten minutes before the end of the regulation 90 that Tomas Rodrigues prodded the third goal from close range.

Imortal dominated the early exchanges in a sign of what was to come. Duarte's great header was ruled out for offside after 11 minutes. But there wasn't long to wait for the opener. Two minutes later some neat play by Santos, cutting into the penalty area ended with a well placed pass to the feet of Alves, who finished accurately. Friota was called into action, making a superb double save from close range efforts. More pressure eventually told, with Duarte, unmarked at the far post heading home from a corner. There was some reaction from the visitors, but Imortal's defence dealt capably, blocking a couple of efforts and not needing Inacio in goal to take action.

Cintra had a well directed free kick tipped over for a corner, but nothing came of it. Half time and the crowd of about 200 wondered how many more would be added in the second period.

But it was not to be. Apart from an early move that ended with Alves being denied by a very timely tackle, there was literally nothing to write about for a very long time. The most activity was from Imortal's head coach Leandro Palma, whose arm waving indicated a level of frustration that was echoed by the mutterings among the crowd. Surely we can do better against this lot, as Cintra made yet another pass backwards from the half way line.

The game finally woke up on the hour. An attack set up Duarte close in, but he got his feet in the wrong order and lost the ball. Balde made a good run down the right, his cross found Duarte but a good tackle put paid to that chance. Then, finally, came the third. A corner from the left, 'keeper went down to gather and fumbled, Tomas Rodrigues smacked in the loose ball. Could have been four moments later, but the ´keeper foiled Tome's effort and right at the end it was Tome whose run into the box was met by another solid challenge. The visitors' sole shot on target in the second half was headed away for a corner, which the taker promptly kicked behind the goal.

A win's a win and three points kept Imortal at the top of the league, but surely they will need to play better than that next Saturday when visiting Portimonense B, who also are also 100% and are second only by virtue of a lesser goal difference. Good thing is that Portimonense's first team also have a game, so we ought not to see first team regulars up against us. Unfortunately there is no way I can get to that game, so Rua FM will be monitored.

Imortal team : Inacio, Pedro Rodrigues, Dragnev, Sousa, Prates, Cintra; Alves, Santos, Rangel; Duarte, Tome. Subs used : Balde, Coelho, Tomas Rodrigues, Almeida

Match statistics

Free kicks conceded : Imortal 10, Culatrense 14
Offside : Imortal 1, Culatrense 0
Shots on target : Imortal 9, Culatrense 2
Shots off target : Imortal 1, Culatrense 2
Shots blocked : Imortal 1, Culatrense 2
Corners : Imortal 11, Culatrense 3
Yellow cards : Imortal 0, Culatrense 3