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IMORTAL ALBUFEIRA 1 - 2 PORTIMONENSE B
A very disappointing outcome in front of a good crowd. Imortal played well in the build-up, creating many scoring chances, but the final touch was missing. In a frantic finale, the crossbar was rattled, headers and overhead kicks went just wide. All is not lost, but Imortal really do need to win their next game, at Ferreiras on 26th April. There was one change in the line-up. Herlander Tome returned after a one match suspension. Mauro Jose dropped to the bench, with Tiago Sousa moving into the back four. Whether or not that change to the established defence caused the problem, I don't know, but twice Imortal were caught by swift counter-attacks and were twice punished with well taken goals. A good crowd was in, including a fair few from Portimão and a boisterous but good natured group of about two dozen lads on a stag weekend. They appreciated the skills of Walter Alves, who did his best to torment the opposition, who did get rather physical as he twisted and turned around them. They also appreciated a bit of retaliation, for which he was lucky not to be booked. The early minutes were very cagey. The first effort on goals didn't come until 15 minutes in. Imortal won a corner, which Duarte headed wide. Imortal had a lot of the ball as the half went on, Portimonense resorted to shirt pulling, which earned them two yellow cards . The first indication of a threat from the visitors counter-attack came on 27 minutes but, fortunately for Imortal, Guilherme Costa blazed his shot way over the bar. Imortal responded. Good work in midfield by Alves set up Dragnev for a cross from the left but it was too high. Then came the second counter-attack and the first goal. Imortal lost the ball deep inside the Portimonense half. A hefty clearance found João Marques on the half way line. He sped off towards the Imortal goal, pursued by Pedro Rodrigues. Marques won the race and finished with a thunderous effort from 20 metres. Back came Imortal. A free kick by Alves shot across the goal, missing everyone, then a good header by Duarte put Coelho through on goal, but he shot wide from ten metres. Early in the second half Imortal a big shout for a penalty, nothing doing. But the visitor's defence was in a tangle. Could Imortal exploit this? As in the first half, Imortal dominated the play but could not find that vital touch inside the box. Substitute Baldé went close with a difficult header. The press was on. More good play set up a header for Duarte that hit the crossbar, bounced down and was hacked to safety from among the bodies. Then a killer blow, with eight minutes left of the ninety. A massive wind assisted clearance by 'keeper Henriques was picked by just inside the Imortal half, squared across to unmarked André Chamusca whose low shot went in off the far post. Much gloom among home fans, but within a minute there was light. Baldé was bundled over off the ball inside the penalty area. Referee had no hesitation in pointing to the spot. Duarte placed the ball calmly and after the customary delay fairly hammered it in. But it was not to be. News that Ferreiras had won didn´t help. Imortal now have a few days off, there being no games over Easter. The next game is at Ferreiras on Saturday 26th April, ko 1600hrs. I shall miss that one as I shall be enjoying the delights of Tonbridge v Borehamwood in National League south. Imortal don't do well against Ferreiras, having lost both games against them in the first phase. Imortal Team : Inácio; Prates, Pedro Rodrigues, Dragnev, Sousa; Cintra, Coelho, Alves, Antonio; Herlander Tome, Duarte. Subs used : Tomas Rodrigues, Vieira, Santos, Martins, Baldé. Match statistics : Free kicks conceded : Imortal 13, Portimonense B 18 + the penalty Offside : 1 each Shots on target : Imortal 3, Portimonense B 3 Shots off target : Imortal 8, Portimonense B 5 Shots blocked : Imortal 0, Portimonense B 2 Corners : Imortal 9, Portimonense B 4 Yellow cards : Imortal 2, Portimonense B 4 Red cards : none |
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Very disappointing today in front of a good crowd. Imortal 1 - 2 Portimonense B Report on Monday. Ferreiras won at Silves, so the top of the table after four of the ten second phase games looks like this. Points were carried forward but not goals. Portimonense 56pts GD +5 Ferreiras 55pts GD +1 Imortal 54pts GD +1 All is not lost but the next game for Imortal, away to Ferreiras, will be crucial. A reminder now that the Algarve League does not play over Easter. The next games will be on Saturday 26th April. PS the fine mentioned above for 'irregularities of the security team' was rescinded.
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A bit more about Saturday's game. It was played on the second, artificial, pitch at Quarteiras,presumably because the main piutch was unfit. Glad I didn't go. Awful place. Anyway, Tiago Sousa, in his first game since 11th January, replaced Herlander Tome (suspended) and Coelho replaced Vieira, otherwise the team was as the previous game. Quarteirense took a very early lead, it was 1-0 at half time. They increased their lead on 65 minutes. Mario Duarte pulled one back for Imortal on 81 minutes but they failed to gain what would have been a useful equaliser. The radio commentary left a lot to be desired! Imortal team : Inacio; Prates, Pedro Rodrigues, Jose, Dragnez; Cintra, Coelho, Alves, António; Sousa, Duarte. Subs used Tómas Rodrigues, Vieira, Baldé, Santos, Martins. Two yellow cards - Pedro Rodrigues and Jose. Duarte is the league's top scorer, with 19 goals in 25 games. Next for Imortal is a must win home game against Portimonense B on Saturday 12th April, ko 1600hrs / 4pm.
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Yesterday : Quarteirense 2 - 1 Imortal I was unable to go owing toi the absence of buses back from Quarteira on Saturday evenings. Other important results were Portimonense B 3 - 0 Silves and Ferreiras 2 - 2 Os 11 Esperanças. Imortal are still top, but now only 1 point ahead of Portimonense B and two ahead of Ferreiras. Next Saturday Imortal will be at home to Portimonense B, ko probably at 1600hrs but check in cae of late change.
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Irregularity in the training of security agent teams.
Probably a barb aimed at Imortals own yellow jacket squad? Maybe not quite up to the job when it kicked off, Tom.
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The fallout from last Saturday's fracas is rather less than I expected. Imortal's Herlander Tome has a 1 match suspension, while one of the Silves players as a two match ban, another just the one. Imortal were mysteriously fined €15 for "Irregularidade na formação das equipas de agentes de segurança." Four armed GNR perhaps insufficient to keep order among the 150 so present!
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IMORTAL 3 - 2 SILVES
An eventful last 15 minutes! What was announced as seven minutes added time turned into nearly twelve, during which Imortal equalised for the second time and then grabbed the winner. The Silves players and fans were incensed and several made a rush for the referee. The full weight of the GNR was required to escort the match officials from the pitch. The official record shows three red cards issued during the melée, two for Silves and one, Herlander Tome, for Albufeira. He will be suspended, for how long who knows yet, and will be a big loss. Imortal had not played well for much of the game. It was difficult get through the well organised Silves defence. Poor passing didn't help either. Silves, for their part, defended in depth and made only one scoring opportunity during the first half. The team was unchanged from last week except that Mateus Vieira replaced Ricardo Tome in only his fourth start of the season. Imortal had early chances, with Alves being crowded out or blocked more than once and then crossing well for Duarte, whose curling effort from the edge of the area went narrowly wide. Silves relied on the occasional counter-attack, but there were no alarms. Not on the pitch at least! A powerful clearance demolished the radio station's aerial mounted on top of the player's tunnel. The referee was rather lenient we felt. Only five free kicks were awarded in the fist half. Typical was a rugby tackle on Alves that went unpunished. It wasn't until 34 minutes had passed when the whistle first went against Imortal. Silves' George Souza saw yellow for a hack at Cintra, just before a great run down the left by Dragnev was finished with a superb cross that went just behind Duarte, poised five metres from goal. The second half started with a bang. Two bangs. Imortal's defence was still in the changing room when Silves attacked with speed, Kevin Bacerra down the left wing crossing to Souza who was completely unmarked in front of goal. `Keeper Inácio had no chance. The lead didn't last long. The second bang saw Antonio down the right wing for Imortal, crossing to Duarte on the far post who had an easy header for the equaliser. That was Imortal's first effort on target. Not much happened during the next twenty minutes or so. With the setting sun in defender's eyes, Martins replaced Vieira to bring more height into the attack. Vieira received a good round of applause. Then the game burst into life, rather unexpectedly. Imortal were pressing forward, everyone bar Inacio was in the Silves half. A mighty boot out of defence fell to Bruno Nova, lurking just inside the half with nobody within twenty metres of him. Inácio had stayed back and was helpless as Nova headed towards him, ball at his feet. He finished calmly, low and hard. Imortal were struggling to make an impact against Silves' even more determined defence. Just as time was running out, a free kick routine went horribly wrong, but still Dragnev got a toe to the ball but poked it wide from close range. Seven minutes added time were announced. Imortal pressed. My watch said 52 minutes (45+7) when Imortal were awarded a corner. Nowadays of course the game does not end just because time is up. Dragnev took the corner which found Duarte's head for the second equaliser. 2-2, fair enough we thought. We will take a draw after that. Game kicked off and still we played. Eight, nine, ten minutes!! Why?? Silves were visibly tiring when Herlander Tome crossed from the right to Duarte, who completed his hat-trick with a third header. Joy unconfined for Imortal players and fans, naturally. We kicked off again with just over 11 minutes on the clock. My watch said 56:42 when the referee blew the final whistle. Then of course it got out of hand. Souza, in particular, went wild and had to be held back by team-mates and assorted trainers. He was red-carded as was his team mate Diogo Pinto. Somewhere in the scrum Herlander Tome also saw red. There could easily have been a lot more. The GNR escorted the match officials off the pitch before the players. One officer was tapping either his baton or gun, I couldn't quite see. The contingent of Silves fans were very unhappy to say the least. But Imortal have now two wins from two in this second stage. If all the games are going to be like that, we shall have shredded nerves come the end of the season. Next up for Imortal is a trip next Saturday to Quarteirense, ko 1600hrs. I shall be unable to go because of the lack of weekend buses from Quarteira to Albufeira. And I won another t-shirt in the raffle! Imortal team : Inácio; Prates, Pedro Rodrigues, Jose, Dragnev; Cintra, Alves, Antonio, Vieira; Herlander Tome, Duarte. Subs used : Martins, Coelho, Tomas Rodrigues, Baldé. (Incidentally Imortal's back four were numbered 2,3,4 and 5. Most unusual these days with squad numbers.) Match statistics Free kicks conceded : Imortal 3 (a record surely), Silves 9 Offside : none at all Shots on target : Imortal 3 (so a 100% success rate), Silves 2 (ditto) Shots off target : Imortal 5, Silves 0 Shots blocked : Imortal 4, Silves 1 Corners : Imortal 4, Silves 3 Yellow cards : Imortal 1, Silves 2 Red cards, after the final whistle, Imortal 1, Silves 2 |
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Today - Imortal 3 - 2 Silves An eventful last 15 minutes with Imortal 2-1 down as we went into 7 minutes added time, which turned into 12! Report on Monday as usual.
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Just to put some flesh on the bare bones of Saturday's win. Imortal took the lead midway through the first half through Mario Duarte, Ricardo 'Ruca' Tome added the second just after half time closely followed by Herlander Tome scoring the third. Only one yellow card, for Duarte. Team : Inacio; Prates, Pedro Rodrigues, Jose, Dragnev; Cintra, Alves, António, Herlander Tome; Duarte, Ricardo Tome. Subs used : Coelho, Vieira, Baldé and Martins. NB next Saturday's game at Silves has been reversed and is now at 1600hrs KO at ALBUFEIRA STADIUM.
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Yestrday, Imortal got off to a flying start to the second phae with a 3-0 win at home to FC Os 11 Esperanças. I was unable to go, being involved in a bowls match.
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Imortal's fixtures for the second phase have been released. First
game will be at home to FC Os 11 Esperanças on 22nd March, with the the
final match at home to Ferreiras on 31st May - no scheduled midweek
matches and there will be none on Saturday 19th April, the Easter
Holiday weekend. Full list and note the change in kickoff times in April and May
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IMORTAL 1 - 2 FERREIRAS
A disappointing end to the first phase for Imortal. A run of nine games without defeat and only two goals conceded was brought to an end by local rivals Ferreiras. That win put Ferreiras top of the table above Imortal at the end of phase 1. The league now splits into two sections. The top six will play a further round of matches to determine the Championship and the single promotion place. There will be no games next weekend. Things get going again on March 22nd. A good crowd filed in on what was a rainy day at the start. Numbers were boosted by two Swiss teams down for some warm weather training (ha!) prior to the resumption of their season plus a large group from a local children's home. The pitch was wet, very wet in some areas. Had it rained any more, the game would probably not have finished. Thankfully, it rained for only a short while. Imortal didn't seem to be able to avoid the very wet area in front of the main stand and were literally bogged down. Go over to the drier side! Both teams had early chances. For Imortal, Dragnev put over a super cross from the left that striker Duarte was just unable to reach. At the other end, Ferreiras' Bruno Pereira needed better control at a vital moment, he would have had a clear shot from about ten metres out but lost the ball. Imortal's defence limited Ferreiras to efforts from long range, easily gathered by 'keeper Inacio. Dragnev sent in another excellent cross for imortal, that managed to miss everyone in front of goal. Imortal's best chance came on the half hour. A cross by Helder Tome was met by the head of Duarte, but his effort flew just over the crossbar. Another opportunity fell to Santos, on the edge of the penalty area but after a 360º spin his shot was scuffed. Some of the passing from both teams had been very poor, but there was nothing wrong with a ball across the area eleven minutes into the second half that gave Ferreiras the lead. Former Imortal player Williams Fadini was at the far post to whack it in from close range. The lead lasted nine minutes. Imortal were given a free kick on the left, just outside the penalty area. Everyone shaped for across to the far post, but Alves and Dragnev had other ideas. Alves drilled the ball square to the other corner of the penalty area, and we all thought, 'no-one's going to get that'. Not so! The move must have been one from the playbook. Dragnev was waiting and struck the ball first time, cleanly and precisely just inside the post. Imortal pressed forward. Alves showed his futsal skills could work even on wet grass, but defenders were alert. Alves then made what looked like a fairly horrible tackle in midfield, which was followed by a melée but no yellow card. The referee was being very lenient we said. A lot of tackles had been punished by no more than a free kick when on another day with a different referee about six players would have been booked. Ferreiras' winner came in the 83rd minute with a slight touch of fortune. A cross was delivered by Bruno Torres (another former Imortal player) and found Teixeira about 15 metres out. His shot took a deflection giving Inacio no chance. Imortal had a good chance to level things just before the end of normal time. Good work between Helder Tome and Alves created a good opportunity but Alves shot straight at the ´keeper. Six minutes were added on, but there was nothing of note to record. Joy for Ferreiras as they went top of the table. Muttering among the home fans. Did we do enough? Imortal team : Inacio; Prates, P. Rodrigues, Jose, Dragnez; Cintra, Alves, António, Santos; Duarte, Helder Tome. Subs used : T. Rodrigues, Vieira, Martins. Match statistics Free kicks conceded : Imortal 14, Ferreiras 11 Offside : Imortal 4, Ferreiras 0 Shots on target : Imortal 3, Ferreiras 3 Shots off target : Imortal 3, Ferreiras 4 Shots blocked : Imortal 1, Ferreiras 2 Corners : Imortal 4, Ferreiras 2 Yellow cards : Imortal 1, Ferreiras 2 Red cards : none |
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Yesterday : Imortal 1 - 2 Ferreiras A disappointing end to the first phase. The win for Ferreiras puts them top of the league over Imortal. Both have 48 points, but slthough Imortal have the superior goal difference it's the head to head record here that counts as the first tie break. Report tomorrow.
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Until a short while ago I was to be playing bowls atTavira, but that has now been called off. Wind and rain permitting, I shall be at the game this afternoon.
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Thanks for the info. I presume you will be going to the match.
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