FC Porto and FC Barcelona will play for the title in the Male Euroleague of Rink Hockey being played in Porto (Portugal). They won the semifinals played today in the Dragao Caixa against Sporting CP and Reus Deportivo.
In the “Portuguese” semifinal, FC Porto scored three times in the first minutes and then controlled the game till the end. In the second half, Sporting had many opportunities to reduce the gap, without scoring.
In the “Spanish” semifinal, something similar happened. In a very balanced game, Barcelona scored three times in the last minutes of the first half. Reus Deportivo, the defending champion, wasted four direct hits and scored only one goal in the second half.
Tomorrow, Sunday May 13 at 12.30 AM WET, FC Barcelona and FC Porto will play for the title. The game will be broadcasted live on Cerh TV (youtube, worldwide), Porto Canal (Portugal), Barça TV and Esport 3 (Spain).
Download some pictures of the games of the Male Euroleague F4 from this link. All the pictures are free to use citing the author (Marzia Cattini for Cers-RH).
View the video of the games, the highlights, the interview and press conferences of today following this link.
View livescore and official match report in this page.
SEMIFINAL #1
FC PORTO – SPORTING CP 5-2
SCORERS: 7.57 Nunes, 8.46 Nunes, 11.43 Alves, 21.31 Perez. 2nd half: 19.09 Baliu, 19.36 Costa, 22.02 Perez.
FC PORTO: Grau, T.Pinto, Baliu, Rafa, Silva, Alvarinho, Garcia, Alves, Nunes, Filipe. Coach: cabestany.
SPORTING CP: Girao, Platero, Magalhaes, Font, Gil, J.Pinto, Caio, Hugo, Perez, Diogo- Coach: Freitas.
REFEREES: Oscar Valverde and Alberto Lopez (Spain).
SUSPENSIONS: J.Pinto (2′), Font (2′).
SEMIFINAL #2
FC BARCELONA – REUS DEPORTIVO 4-2
(complete video – livescore – pictures)
SCORERS: 1.57 Bargallo, 3.25 Marin, 18.18 Barroso, 20.03 Ordonez, 21.13 Alvarez. 2nd half: 8.31 Marin.
FC BARCELONA: Egurrola, Joseph, Pascual, Ordonez, Alvarez, Bargallo, Panadero, Barroso, Alabart, Fernandez. Coach: Castro.
REUS DEPORTIVO: Ballart, Escala, Salvat, Bancells, Casanovas, Torra, marin, Tella, Rodriguez, Matilla. Coach: Garcia.
REFEREES: Paulo Rainha and Joaquim Pinto (Portugal).
| MALE EUROLEAGUE – THE FINAL FOUR – PORTO | |||
| DATE | SEMIFINALS | RESULT | |
| Sat., May 12 12.30 AM WET |
FC Porto (PT) – Sporting CP (PT) | 5-2 | |
| Sat., May 12 3.30 PM WET |
Reus Deportivo (SP) – FC Barcelona (SP) | 2-4 | |
| DATE | FINAL | REFEREES | |
| Sun., May 13 12.30 AM WET |
FC Barcelona (SP) – FC Porto (PT) Live on CERH TV, ESPORT3, BARCA TV and PORTO CANAL |
A.Eccelsi (IT) F.Fronte (IT) |
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