Portuguese Championship: Pedras Salgadas loses away again
Pedras Salgadas lost this afternoon by 3-2 at Vila Meã. The formation of the thermal village was ahead by two goals, reached the tie, but ended up suffering another goal that spelled defeat.
The referee blew the whistle for the start of the match and it wasn’t even possible to breathe at Estádio Municipal de Vila Meã. The home team opened the scoring, thanks to a goal by Djoussé (1″) , who hit the second post following a cross from the right.
Vila Meã went in at full speed and four minutes later they put the ball back in the net. Mica, in a powerful shot placed at the edge of the area, beats Pio.
The two early goals shook Gustavo Souza’s team, which took a while to react. However, even before the break, the thermal team played in an individual game by Miguel Barandas, who takes two opponents out of the way and shoots for Tiago Rocha’s goal. A goal with a beautiful effect from the advanced thermal and that launched a challenge that seemed to be decided early. The game, promised ending.
In the second half, Pedras Salgadas entered motivated and ended up equalizing at 51″, by Miguel Barandas, who took advantage of a failure in the local defense to beat the local goalkeeper for the second time. Some justice was restored on the scoreboard.
Gustavo Souza’s men maintained a high pace and reached the goal again, at 63″, which would turn the scoreboard around. But the referee overruled Gabriel Fraga’s offside bid.
The home team was eager to take over the game and Pedras Salgadas took the opportunity to get even more superior. Until, against the run of play, in the 71st minute, Vila Meã again took the lead, this time in a happy shot by Varela.
Gustavo Souza risked everything, launched several attacking players, the attempts added up but the goal was not seen. The local team, tried to block the paths to their goal and tried to manage time in every way, including many stops to assist several players and which led the referee to give 8 minutes of explanation time, but which survived only for them played 6 useful.
The thermal emblem thus adds the third consecutive challenge without winning, despite having been superior for most of the game. By this time, Gustavo Souza’s formation occupies the 9th place, with 16 points.
In the next match, Pedras Salgadas will host São Martinho, in a match counting for the 15th round of Serie A of the Portuguese Championship.
Game at the Municipal Stadium of Vila Meã.
Vila Meã – Pedras Salgadas, 3-2.
At halftime: 2-0.
Scorer: 1-0, Djoussé (1); 2-0, Mica (4); 2-1, Miguel Barandas (44); 2-2, Miguel Barandas (51); 3-2, Varela (71).
Teams:
– Vila Meã: Tiago Rocha, Gonçalo (Ruben, 61), Meneses, Pedro Nuno, Elizio (Quinones, 45), Pedro Martins, João Gois, Zé Lopes (Odailson, 73), Mica, Adul (Vitor Hugo, 85) and Djoussé (Varela, 61) .
(Alternates: Francisco Miranda, Seixas, Varela, Ekene, Odailson, Ruben, Quinones, Vitor Hugo and Embaló).
Coach: Pedro Machado.
– Pedras Salgadas: Pio, Tomás, Carreira, Willian (Biscaia, 82), Mesquita (Flávio, 45), Batista (Jorginho, 82), Hélder Almeida, Taka (Tiaguinho, 79), Miguel Barandas, Nicolas (Portal, 76) and Gabriel Fraga.
(Alternates: Ângelo, Popito, Talysson, Biscaia, Cláudio, Flávio, Portal, Jorginho and Tiaguinho).
Coach: Gustavo Souza.
Referee: Fábio Silva (AF Aveiro).
Disciplinary action: Yellow card for Hélder Almeida (50), Pedro Nuno (62), Pedro Martins (68), Odailson (90), Miguel Barandas (90+1), Ruben (90+3) and Gabriel Fraga (90+5) ).
Luís Roçadas