José Coelho / LUSA
Tomás Ribeiro and Luís Asué at Moreirense-Farense
It is true that there is organization, that the coaches know what they are doing; but there is a lack of wanting more, there is a lack of quality, art and… goals.
The 18th round of the I League, which marks the beginning of the second round, has not yet ended; Boavista-Casa Pia is missing, scheduled for today, Monday.
In one of the four games this Sunday, there was one that showed almost perfectly what most championship games are like – and Portuguese football, in general.
It is certain that there is organization, that the coaches know what they do; but then there is a lack of quality, art and… goals.
The game in question was Moreirense-Farense, which ended goalless. A balanced duel, with tactical culture, with football players applying the designs of coaches César Peixoto (Moreirense) and Tozé Marreco (Farense).
However, as the chronicle in , lack of individual quality. Whenever there was a time when such a thing was needed “art”, it was not seen.
Moreirense had more offensive initiative – because they wanted to. Farense stayed more defensive – because they wanted to.
In other words, both teams showed that they know what they are doing on the field; the game was even entertaining – but the rest was missing. Lacks quality, inspiration. Sometimes lack of daring, desire to get ahead. The goalkeepers are forced to intervene more often.
And even when there are (rare) clear goal opportunities, there are players who seem to be candidates for Esposende reserves.
With all this, and as in so many other games, 0-0. In other matches, when there are goals, we see one or two.
In the midst of the tediousness, Farense would have been particularly pleased with the point gained away, in the fight for maintenance; It has 15 points, just like AFS. Only Boavista is behind (with one game less), with 12 points. Moreirense came in 8th place, with 23 points.
