BOLA – Portugal beats Serbia in the European Championship (Futsal)
The National Futsal Team entered the Netherlands European Championship on the right foot. After a final match of the one-match Worlds. minutes, Portugal still reacted in time and reached the break tied with goals from Pauleta and Pany Varela. The great Portuguese response was given in the second half, a period in which Portugal was superior in almost everything. A sustained dominance with two more goals, first from Afonso Jesus and then from Tomás Paçó. 4-2 was the final result and Portugal started this competition in the best way.
Follow here all the occurrences of the opening match of the Selection:
End of match!
40′ Pauleta almost scores!
38′ Great save by Momcilovic against Fábio Cecílio.
With 5 minutes to go, Serbia is getting ready to take a risk or 5×4.
35′ Great dribble by Pany down the left aisle followed by a cross shot for a huge save by the Serbian goalkeeper.
31′ Yellow card to Erick, the first of the match. Dangerous free kick for Serbia.
31′ Michelangelo takes a long-range risk but the Serbian keeper takes it!
25′ Goal by Portugal, 2-4. Tomás Paçó extends the lead to Portugal. Deep pass of Afonso Jesus and Tomás Paçó, with space, not authorized.
24′ Goal by Portugal, 2-3. Afonso Jesus finishes a sublime collective move!
25′ Zicky Té’s strong shot on top!
24′ Racic almost scores. Pauleta can’t and the Serbian shoots hard for André Sousa’s safe defense.
21′ Pany Varela almost puts Portugal ahead. A strong shot outside the area that doesn’t go much farther than Momcilovic’s goal.
The second part is already played!
The teams return from the dressing rooms and the second half starts in a few moments.
Interval in Amsterdam.
18′ Goal by Portugal, 2-2. Pany Varela equals the match. An excellent recovery from Zicky Té, avoiding two opposites and assisting his colleague perfection who shoots hard and cross!
Technical break for Serbia.
13′ Great shot by Erick after Michelangelo’s corner!
11′ Goal by Portugal, 2-1. Pauleta reduces. Great left throw by Miguel Ângelo who found Pauleta and he threw a strong left foot.
Portugal did not start well in the game and in this first half of the many difficulties encountered to counter a much less objective and that misses many passages of the phase of Portugal.
7′ André Sousa, Portuguese goalkeeper, comes up on the ground and almost scores. Momcilovic was attentive.
The entry of Portugal dictated an opening minutes of two goals in these. Jorge Braz asks the team for more power.
6′ Goal by Serbia, 2-0. A defensive error is again fatal. André Sousa still avoids Stojcevski’s first shot but in the reload Prsic returns the mark. Portugal with false entry.
5′ Ramic with a bomb almost beats André Sousa.
4′ Portugal to grow. Now it is Fábio Cecílio who risks the shot and Momcilo shines a.
4′ Strong left-footed shot by Bruno Coelho and the ball passes close to the post!
3′ Bruno Coelho’s corner and Erick shoots very hard for a tight defense by Nemanja Momcilovic.
two’ Serbia goal! Marko Prsic, team captain, opened the scoring after the penalty. 1-0 for Serbia and Portugal enters the match with the left foot.
two’ Too bad for Serbia!
Amsterdam is already being played!
It should be noted that there will be no public in the pavilion and that it will be a race without Ricardinho who left the national team
Portugal (initial five): André Souza; João Matos, Bruno Coelho, Pany and Erick
Supplements: Baby; Tomás Paçó, Afonso, Pauleta, Miguel Ângelo, Tiago Brito, Fábio Cecílio and Zicky
Coach: Jorge Braz
Serbia (initial five): Nemanja Momcilovic; Aleksic, Mladen Kocic, Marko Prsic, Stefan Rakic and Andreja Stojcevski
Supplements: Jakov Vulic; Kristijan Vasic, Denis Ramic, Dragan Tomic, Strahinja Petrov, Stefan Rakic and Lazar Milosavljevic
Coach: Dejan Majes.