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Result of the Wednesday September 24, 2008 CSL game between Brampton Lions and Portugal FC played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 8:00pm.
Brampton Lions (all white, blue numbers)
.........................1 Kevin Doyle
6 Daniel Cameira...3 Nickolas Poku...4 Luis Rivero...17 Michael Marchese
............11 Cam Medwin...21 Alex Arbelo (cpt)...7 Geron Duport
............20 Jeremy Shepperd...10 Adolfo Mella...9 Daniel Nascimento
Subs:...00 Robert Paollozi (gk)...5 Stephen D'Aversa (def)...8 Nordo Gooden (fwd)...19 Mike Ferracci (mid)...22 Mohamed Kanu (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Pernel Mason...manager Vitor Cameiro...trainer/physio Khristine Balako
Portugal FC (all maroon, yellow numbers, white trim)
........................1 Mike Silva
11 Gagan Natt...5 Giovanni Annisi...15 Kevin McIntosh...2 Emerson Fiti
21 Sebastian Busto...9 Mike Diluca...22 Ilailson DaSilva...16 Ramon Bailey
...............20 Wigor Gomes...10 Danny Amaral (cpt)
Subs:...12 Ian Cummins (gk)...3 Steve Pacheco...4 Ronald Nicholas...6 Yami Williams...8 Gavin Fuller...13 Jamie Carvalho...19 Gustavo Serrano
team officials:...head coach Jose Testas...manager Tony Maia
Game officials:...referee Vito Curalli...referee's assistants Gino Faccione and Peter Pendli...fourth official Micky Donev...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 8:03pm...Lions defend west end on this mild night with a problem with mosquitoes.
1 min...PFC Diluca cornerkick from right has leaping defender head ball away. PFC Busto blasts partial clearance from 25 yards wide right.
2 min...Lions Shepperd low cross from 20 yards on right has defender clear in box.
3 min...Lions goalie palms 22 yard shot from right is over net.
4 min...PFC Diluca cornerkick from left has defender head ball wide right.
4 min...PFC Fiti cornerkick from right is low and booted over fence for another cornerkick.
5 min...PFC Fiti cornerkick from right has defender kick away.
7 min...Lions Cameira run down right and crosses high over box.
9 min...Lions Mella run on left and 220 yard shot is smothered on left post by goalie.
11 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from right is high and Lions Arbelo leaps and flicks 12 yard header to goalie.
12 min...PFC goalie catches 25 yard shot from left.
13 min...Lions Nascimento 35 yard freekici up middle deflects off wall and spins wide right for goalie.
14 min...PFC Fiti 30 yard freekick from right side line is heade away by closest defender.
16 min...PFC Diluca cornerkick from right is partially cleared. PFC Bailey takes 40 yard shot high wide right but ball is not out of play so PFC player gets show along end line that's saved by fallen goalie.
18 min...PFC Bailey 45 yard chip down middle is wide left of net too far for charging players.
19 min…Portugal FC Wigor Gomes GOAL…PFC Mike Diluca back heels pass and Gomes low blast from 28 yards on right has ball roll into low left side of net.
21 min…Portugal FC Mike Diluca GOAL….Diluca’s low 15 yard shot in crowd of players is into center of net.
22 min...Lions Arbelo 25 yard blast up middle through crowd of players is caught by goalie.
25 min…Portugal FC Wigor Gomes GOAL…Gomes gets another back heel and rolls 15 yarder into right side of net under sprawling goalie Kevin Doyle who reacted well too late.
25 min...PFC goalie catches 25 yard blast.
27 min...Lions Shepperd eluded PFC defender and 20 yard blast from right is wide right of net.
29 min...Lions Nascimento blasts ball set up down middle and it's deflected just over net.
29 min...Lions Arbelo 20 yard shot through crowd of players has goalie swat ball away.
30 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from right has defender chest behind own net on left.
31 min...Lions Nascimento cornerkick from left has Lions Arbelo blast shot that is over net from 18 yards.
31 min...Lions defender give bad back pass but ball is wide right for cornerkick before PFC player can get to it.
32 min...Lions goalie punches away cornerkick on near right post.
36 min...Lions Arbelo 30 yard freekick down middle is well over net.
38 min...Lions Nascimento cornerkick from left is high and over players in box and is headed wide right.
**39 min…Portugal FC Emerson Fiti GOAL…Fiti 35 yard freekick from right has ball dip and fly into low left side of net.
41 min...Lions Arbelo run down rightr has shot deflected at 20 yards by defender.
42 min...Lions Sheperd two cornerkicks from right. The last one has PFC fast break when Lions Medwin misses ball.
43 min...Lions Medwin cornerkick from left has Lions Nascimento head ball backwards wide right from 15 yards.
45 min...PFC YELLOW card...Natt(?) for argueing after an offside call.
47 min...half ends 8:50pm.
2nd Half:...start 9:04pm.
halftime sub:...PFC Nicholas replaces Natt.
46 min...PFC Gomes 20 yard low shot on left is just wide right of corner of net.
47 min...PFC Da Silva injured by Lions Medwin.
48 min...PFC goalie catches ball cross in from left.
50 min…Lions Adolfo Mella GOAL…Lions Jeremy Shepperd cornerkick from left has defender pop up header in box. Lions’ player head ball down and Mella midair 10 yard blast is into right side of net just under bar.
51 min…Portugal FC Emerson Fiti GOAL…Fiti on rush on left sends low cross in to box that charging Lions defender Nickolas Poku gets to and deflects to inside of right side of net for own goal behind flying goalie.
55 min...PFC Bailey 25 yard blast from right is well over net.
56 min...PFC Nicholas ends Lions pressure in box by kicking ball behind net.
56 min...Lions Medwin cornerkick from right has defender clear.
57 min…Lions Daniel Nascimento GOAL…Lions Cam Medwin on right sends in low cross from 18 yards on right has Nascimento jab at ball with foot from 10 yards into center of net with goalie Michael Silva guarding right side of net.
60 min...Lions YELLOW card...Mella for diving on run down left wing.
63 min...Lions Poku blasts 45 yarder through players and ball is blocked by goalie but fumbled for a cornerkick.
63 min...Lions Nascimento bicycle kick from 18 yards is just wide right of net.
63 min...Lions Shepperd 22 yard blasted shot hits outside of right post.
64 min...Lions sub...Gooden replaces Cameira.
.............PFC sub...Carvalho replaces Diluca.
65 min...Lions Gooden 22 yard low blast is caught by goalie.
66 min...PFC sub...Serrano replaces Gomes.
67 min...PFC Fiti cornerkick from right has leaping PFC player on right head ball over net.
68 min...Lions YELLOW card...Nascimento for tackle at Lions 30 yard line on left.
73 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from left has Lions player head ball out of box on right.
74 min...Lions Nascimento 40 yard blast well over net and back fence down middle.
75 min...PFC sub...Fuller replaces Bailey.
.............Lions sub...Ferracci replaces Mella.
77 min...PFC Da Silva 25 yard blast down middle hits right post. PFC Amaral blasts ball over net from 12 yards.
79 min…Lions Daniel Nascimento GOAL…Lions defender sends 50 yard shot pushed up middle and when PFC defender decided not to head ball, ball flies into box waist high and Nascimento kicks shot under goalie from 12 yards.
80 min...Lions Medwin cross from right has goalie and Lions Nascimento crash together. Goalie gets freekick call.
82 min...Lions Arbelo 45 yard freekick down middle has player in wall block.
83 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from left has goalie fumble but not drop ball.
83 min...Lions Poku 45 yard blast is deflected wide of net.
84 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from left has goalie catch ball over his head in crowd of players.
85 min...PFRC Amaral on 1 on 4 rush has 20 yard roller deflect wide right for cornerkick.
86 min...Lions player head away PFC cornerkick from right.
87 min...Lions Shepperd cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
87 min...Lions Ferracci cross from 30 yards on left has goalie catch in front of Lions forward.
87 min...PFC sub...Williams replaces Busto.
88 min...Lions Gooden 22 yard low shot from right has goalie smother on near post.
88 min...PFC Diluca on right rolls cross but defender intercepts before PFC Serrano can kick at 20 yards.
93 min...Lions Medwin cornerkick from right has Lions Gooden head ballfrom 10 yards that deflects off left post for goalkick.
93 min...game ends 9:52pm.
Final Score:……….Brampton Lions………3…………Portugal FC……….5………….
**The CSL website lists Fiti’s first goal at 6 minutes and the only way I can think of how they messed that up is that it should have been translated as being scored 6 minutes BEFORE the end of the first half.
Attendance was about 100 people on this mild night with mosquitoes buzzing around. By the end of the game, a mist was rising off the field.
This game had been rescheduled from Sunday September 7th when it was postponed because of a waterlogged field. Midweek games don’t draw fans and no children as ball retrievers and their parents don’t come out on school nights so I was surprised that even this many people turned out.
Turning point of this game as it turned out was the PFC third goal within six minutes and then the quick one-minute counter-goal after the Lions first tally. This kept the Lions comeback until it was too late.
PFC’s Ilailson DaSilva at 77 minutes had a 25 yard blast down the middle hit the right post and Danny Amaral blasted the rebound over the open net from 12 yards. Lions Cam Medwin cornerkick from right at 92 minutes had Nordo Gooden head the ball from 10 yards that deflected off the left post for a goal kick.
The goalie for Portugal FC tonight was Michael Silva who had that blooper in their game against Toronto Croatia on Friday night and was benched for the second half in that game. He didn’t show up on the roster given out tonight but teams often use outdated lists. I’ve seen him last year play a bad game and then play fantastic his next game. He was left all alone on some of the Lions goals. He had to put up with four cornerkicks from Jeremy Sheppard alone in the second half in the Lions comeback attempt.
Referee Vito Curalli kept good control of this game and gave out few cards. This game was important in the standings for both teams and the comeback chances kept both teams concentrating on the end to end rushes and avoid it becoming a hack fest if one team had been blown out.
This game result should ensure Portugal FC of a playoff spot although they are ‘last’ in the International Division. (Think the West of CFL football. or the East of MLS soccer) for the strength of the division compared to the National Division.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
Lions starters
Portugal FC starters
Lions #21 Alex Arbelo and #10 Adolfo Mella decide who will take freekick.
Lions #4 Luis Rivero carries ball upfield.
PFC #19 Gustavo Serrano on rush.
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