August 2016
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Friendly
AD Oliveirense 1 x 2 Santa Clara
Santa Clara showed their superiority in a 2-1 victory over AD Oliveirense during this friendly game, but they could and should have scored more!
Young winger Ahmed Isaiah gave AD Oliveirense the lead with a well timed close range finish by the 44th minute.
Central defender Victor Massaia then equalised for Santa Clara only 6 minutes into the second half with a freak goal!
Central midfielder Ruben Saldanha scored what proved to be the winner with a fine header from point-blank range on minute 58.
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Famalicão 1 x 2 Santa Clara
Santa Clara's first LedmanPro match ended with a win against Famalicão.
Experienced striker Paulo Clemente gave Santa Clara the lead with a nice effort from 12 metres in the 62nd minute.
The full-back Igor Rocha then got red carded for a bad tackle 2 minutes later and put Santa Clara's position under question.
Depp-lying forward Pedro Correia then equalised for Famalicão in the 72nd minute with a tidy finish into the bottom left corner from 10 metres.
Then win was sealed by the young technical winger Berny Burke with a close range finish on 79 minutes.
Friendly
SC Santacruzense 1 x 4 Santa Clara
Santa Clara produced a good display this evening to see off the challenge of SC Santacruzense at Estádio Municipal das Eiras.
Advanced playmaker João Reis got Santa Clara off to a flyer by scoring by scoring a shot from 21meters out just after ONE MINUTE!
Inside Forward Denis Pineda doubled Santa Clara's lead wtih a tidy finish into the bottom right corner from 13 meters.
Midfielder Mário Garrido pulled one back for SC Santacruzense after 23 minutes
Substitute Al-Laafi scored with a well struck effort in the 67th minute to extend the lead further.
After a penalty call from the Ref, Paulo Clemente Scored from the spot in the 81th minute.
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Santa Clara 2 x 1 Leixões
Santa Clara won a hard fought battle against Leixões on a warm summer's afternoon at Estádio de São Miguel. A brace from Paulo Clemnte helped Santa Clara to victory.
Experienced striker Paulo Clemente gave Santa Clara the lead with a mighty header from within the six-yard box by the 18th minute.
Leixões equalised by Cephas Malele as he seized on Serginho's mistake to score a powerfull effort.
Clemente clinched the winner on the last movement of the match with a tidy finish into the bottom right corner.
Clemente's impact delighted the fans with his late late goal!
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Sporting B 1 x 5 Santa Clara
Three goals from Paulo Clemente ensured Santa Clara moved tothe top of the Portuguese Second League after a 5-1 victory over Sporting B.
An error from Sporting B's Kiki allowed Paulo Clemente to score an accurate finish into the bottom corner.
Inside forward Rafael Batatinha doubled the lead with a placed shot at minute 14.
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Santa Clara 1 x 1 Cova da Piedade
The Santa Clara players came out of this match with a lot of credit due to their "Never Say Die" attitude.
Santa Clara managed to come away from this game with a creditable 1-1 draw against Cova da Piedadeeven though they finished the game with ten only ten men.
Inside forward Rafael Batatinha gave Santa Clara the3 lead with a placed shot in the 16th minute. Cova da Piedade were nearly gifted a goal on 28 minutes through Diogo Santos's lapse in concentration but they failed to capitalise on the opportunity presented to them.
Deep-lying playmaker Robson Shimabuku equalised for Cova da Piedade after 32 minutes with a deftly executed finish from close range.
Experienced full-back Igor Rocha's red card for presisten fouling on 82 minutes put Santa Clara'es position under question.
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Penafiel 2 x 1 Santa Clara
The second game between the two teams! first was for the CTT cup where Santa clara took the win, but this time Penafiel came with their A-Game...
Fabio Fortes played the part of super-sub for Penafiel as Penafiel came from behind to make Santa Clara bleed for the first time this season.
The Azorean Paulo Clemente gave Santa Clara the lead with a fierce shot which went in from the post in the 13th minute of the first half.
Defensive forward Fabio fortes went on the picth on minute 45, equalised for Penafiel in the 46th minute with a good header from just inside the six-yard box! He didnt even had time to finish his celebration because he was taken off the picth. less then 1 minute in game scores a goal. fantastic!
Penafiel's winner came through Pedro Ribeiro as he seized on Ruben Saldanha's mistake, to score a close range header.
This was a very rough start of the season! 7 games. 5 official LedmanPro league matches.
Let's check on those League Standings as we reach the end of the first month of this seaon: