2nd Half:...starts 8:45pm.
halftime subs:...BFC Joao Pedro replaces Sousa.
..........BFC Jose Pedro replaces Eder.
47 min...BFC Jose Pedro GOAL...Halftime sub Pedro taps ball in on backheel from 1 yard as BFC Diogo Valente rushes in from left side and rolls him cross.
50 min...TS goalie charges out of box to head away ball to stop BFC rush.
51 min...TS Diluca cross from right on rush is well behind net.
52 min...TS sub...Peraza replaces Cruz.
..........TS sub...Moreira replaces Frechaut.
53 min...BFC player runs into box along left end line and defender blocks cross and clears.
54 min...TS goalie dives right to block low 13 yard shot from left.
55 min...TS Diluca cornerkick from right is over players in box. TS cross from left endline is behind net. Goalie catches ball when it is put back into play.
57 min...TS sub...Lopez replaces Sousa.
58 min...BFC player's 35 yard shot is well over net.
59 min...TS Peraza loops 25 yarder from right well over net.
61 min...TS goalie makes point blank save from 7 yards with man in box.
62 min...TS Diluca one touches 12 yard shot near right end line well over net.
64 min...TS Savone 40 yard freekick over corwd of players and bounces to goalie.
65 min...BFC player injured just outside own box.
66 min...BFC sub...Cafu replaces Monteiro.
..............BFC sub...Gomes replaces Joao Paulo.
............BFC sub...Felix replaces Frechaut.
..........TS sub...Sebastiao replaces Dias.
71 min...BFC Pedro replaces long 35 yard shot from right is over net with goalie backpedalling.
73 min...BFC Diogo Valente GOAL...Valente bursts through middle and picks low right corner of net from 10 yards.
74 min...BFC Paulo Gomes GOAL...Gomes gets through ball on left and takes 12 yard shot low and into right corner of net.
75 min...TS YELLOW card...Annisi for tackle from behind on BFC player just left of TS box.
80 min...TS sub...Pacheco replaces Diluca.
81 min...BFC player crosses on rush on right bounces right through box.
82 min...BFC chips 55 yard pass to BFC player who one touches 12 yarder on left well over net.
83 min...BFC player's 12 yard shot is caught by goalie.
84 min...TS sub...Gouchtchine replaces Annisi.
87 min...Referee doesn't buy TS player's dive in BFC box after long run on left side.
87 min...BFC player's cornerkick from left over box and BFC player is blocked which starts TS breakout.
88 min...Supra Jose Moreira GOAL...Moreira burst through middle and eludes trip attempt by defender at 45 yard line and from 25 yards even with everyone on 3 on 3 rush chips whot around goalie 10 yards out and into left side of net.
90 min...BFC player's goal called back for offside as BFC player scores 1 yarder on left post.
91 min...Jose Pedro GOAL...Pedro is touched back pass and blasts 16 yarder to low left side of net.
92 min...game ends 9:33pm.
Final Score:.........Toronto Supra........2...........Boavista FC (Portugal)...........6...........
Attendance was about 1600 on this warm evening with a bright sun in the northwest for the first half of the game. The game was scheduled on only two weeks notice. The game actually kicked off at 7:43pm which was over an hour later than it was supposed to begin. There was some kind of East Indian wrestling tournament going on earlier (maybe that explains the taxicabs in the parking lot :) ) and Parks & Rec needed some time to clean the grounds. Groundscrew painted over a huge centre circle.
The crowd cheered both sides and booed the referee for the awarding of the Penalty kick on the rather weak contact and dive by Valente. The skill of Boavista really shone through in the second half with the two goals soon after their team brought in three fresh players at the 66th minute to go with two other subs at halftime. Supra were moving the ball around nicely and never resorted to punting the ball upfield for kick and run.
The uniforms worn by Boavista were the worst I've ever seen to decipher players. The black & white checkers on their shirts were nice to look at but then their numbers were red and placed right on their backs which made the numbers impossible to read except for those on the near sideline. I made sure to thank CFMT reporter Alex Franco because it was he and a Portuguese journalist who could figure out who the players were by possibly their hair colour. This report contains a lot of expressions like "a BFC player took a 35 yard freekick and another BFC player headed it over the net from 10 yards...". I'm not on a first name basis with the Boavista players but over half the team are known by only one name.
Team MVPs were awarded huge trophies. BFC's captain Jorge Silva won for the visitors and Supra captain Danny Amaral won for the home team.
Rocket Robin
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