UNIAO DESPORTIVO DE LEIRIA (Estadio Municipal de Leiria)

Friday 26th February 2010
Portugese Liga
Leiria 0-1 Guimaraes

Attendance: 1,373


Considering this game was 5th versus 6th in the top flight of Portugese football, the crowd was a paltry 1,373. This goes to show the apathy in this country when Benfica, Sporting or Porto are not involved.



Maybe i'm being harsh because the game was live on TV and the weather was appalling, it rained for the entire game, but just over a 1,000 in 23,000 stadium is pretty dire.

However, the game was entertaining enough, especially the second half. The winner came through an Andrezinho penalty on 65 minutes. The keeper was sent off after conceding said penalty and the game was held up whilst players, coaches and referee argued the point. This led to whopping 9 minutes of stoppage time at the end.

The homesters had a couple of good chances to level but failed to take them. Guimaraes were sitting back on their lead and playing on the break. This led to at least 2 on-on-one chances which would've made the scoreline more comfortable.

Nice ground, even though it was only three-sided, but it felt quite strange with so few people inside such a large venue.





 
 


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