Portugal

Liga 3

Relegation Round

Saturday 2nd April 2022

Kick Off 11.00 On Time !

Sporting Club Sao Joao de Ver 1 Associacao Desportiva Sanjoanense 0, attendance 234

37’ 1-0

@ Estadio do Sporting Clube Sao Joao de Ver

Rua da Azenha 78

4520-616 Sao Joao de Ver

€5 Admission

No Programme.

This match only appeared as being a morning kick off midway through the week, which I assume was to aid the travel arrangements of the visiting team, who are from the island of Madeira. It certainly fitted in perfectly for us, as it was just a seven minute drive from our intended afternoon match, so we would be getting in a treble today after all, having lost out on that possibilty originally, with the Rio Ave F.C. game being switched from 17.30 to 20.00.

We arrived at the ground around 40 minutes before kick off. There was only one other spectator here, but they started arriving in dribs and drabs and there were about 30 people in the queue, when they finally opened the ticket windows just twenty five minutes before kick off. Despite being very low key, there was still a ridiculous amount of police in proportion to the crowd. There was even segregation. There were 48 away fans, who had a section of terracing to the left of the seated area, but oddly, everyone shared the same toilets, with a door leading through the corridor at the rear of the seats into the away section!

The match was a very tight affair, between the top two, of the four team group at this stage of the relegation play offs, but at least both teams were trying to play open football, although they lacked any real cutting edge up front. The only goal came eight minutes before halftime, an angled shot into the top corner from 16 yards, that gave the ’keeper no chance.