Inverleith crush Portuguese

EUROPEAN INDOOR CLUB TROPHY   FRIDAY 17
FEBRUARY TO SUNDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2012  AT ENGAGE SPORTS CENTRE
AT NAPIER UNIVERSITY IN EDINBURGH
 
At the end of the Racing Club game, Inverleith`s coach Stuart Neave
said: “We created more chances than the Belgians but then again
gave the ball away too often and gave them too many chances to
score.  But we kept playing right up to the final hooter and
gained a valuable draw against one of the strongest teams in the
tournament.”
 
Promotion is very much on the agenda for European first-timers
Inverleith when they crushed AD Lousada from Portugal in the second
match of the European Indoor Club Trophy in Edinburgh.

Inverleith got an early shock against Lousada when Marco Santos
punished a lack of concentration in defence to open the
scoring.  The Edinburgh side were soon back on level terms, at
a penalty corner a trademark switch left by MacKenzie allowed Dick
to score with a low shot.  Inverleith went in 2-1 up at the
interval when a clever pass from Dick found Salmond in the clear
and he made no mistake.

Just after the break another set piece switch found Dick, he
delayed and then slotted the ball past the goalkeeper for 3-1,
Salmond then hit a post but almost immediately Hugo Santos pulled
one back for Lousada. 

The Portuguese seemed unable to read the Inverleith penalty
corner routine, Moodie made it 4-2 from another clever switch, to
be followed by a direct strike by MacKenzie for the fifth. 
Salmond made it 6-2 when found himself in plenty of space, he
rounded the keeper and slotted the ball into the empty net. 
Although Bruno Santos scored a third for Lousada, in the final
minute late strikes Andrew Sinclair following a pass from Dick and
then John Harris made it eight and put the icing on the cake for
Inverleith.

Today Inverleith continue their campaign for promotion with
games against Danish champions Slagelse and HC 1972 Rakovnik from
Czech Republic.

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