Portugal

Liga 2

Saturday 2nd April 2022

Kick Off 14.00 Actual 14.01

Clube Desportivo Feirense 2 Academico Viseu 1, attendance 2,721

4’ 1-0

66’ 1-1

90’+ 2, 2-1

@ Estadio Marcolino Castro

Avenida 25 de Abril 14

4524-969 Santa Maria da Feira

€5 Admission

No Programme.

Within twenty minutes of the final whistle at Sao Joao de Ver, we were parked up and tickets were purchased for game two of the day at C.D. Feirense, where 5th in the league table were hosting 15th. It is a cracking little ground, which has an all seated capacity of 5,449. It was the only game of the trip where the official attendance just wasn’t believable. Perhaps half the 2,721 figure announced would have been nearer the mark. The atmosphere was really good and despite only being 73 supporters in the away end, they contributed greatly, especially the ’hardcore’ 20-25 who stood right behind the goal, although this same group were also involved in a stand off with the home ’ultras’ outside the home end after the final whistle, but the police seemed to have the upper hand in keeping them apart.

Feirense were ahead inside five minutes. A break down the right saw the ball pulled back for a left footed finish into the top corner. Viseu deserved something from the first half and perhaps shaded it, but it remained 1-0 at the break. They levelled the scores midway through the second half, when a cross from the left was headed in powerfully, beating the ’keeper’s attempt to tip it over and bouncing down off the crossbar and over the line. A draw would have been a fair result, as both teams pushed for a winner. It looked like the points would be shared, but two minutes into stoppage time, a corner wasn’t cleared and following a scramble in the box, the ball was played sideways before being smashed into the net to win it for the hosts.

We drove back north after the match, checking in at our hotel in Valongo, to the east of Porto, before heading out for match number three of the day.