By Melody Gross 
Marco, 35, started at the best of this campaign in the league and saved a penalty, guessing how Leonardo Lillo (Casa Pia) intended to put the ball and launch himself like a cat to stop the skin from entering the goal. .
It was another move from the 11-meter mark that the goalkeeper, who in his career had already claimed the media’s attention to defending with two such moves in a match against Tondela, was able to stop, in September 2019. Also in that match, the Azores celebrated a draw on the balls Zero.
“The secret is to watch the players, study the signs and read them as they prepare to go for the ball. There is a lot of work behind the technical team, the observer Rodrigo Quaresma and Mr. Jose Serao. And when you work hard, you come closer to success”, Marco admitted to Sport TV microphones, at the end of the match, in advance A logical explanation for something that many points to luck as an unbalanced factor.
Statistical records indicate that Marco has conceded eight penalty kicks in his career, the first of which was for Freimund, and still in La Liga 2 – Andre Ratsera (Trovense) and Carlitos (Oliverense) were the victims.
For Santa Clara, the goalkeeper born in Castelo de Paiva was the nightmare of Toze (Morriense), in the Portugal Cup, Richard and Denilson (Tondela), Brian Roches (National) and … Alex Telles (FC Porto), all in the league .