eromao 0 - 1 Leões (370725142)

Clouds darkened the skies at Fornos de Algodres Arena as 27253 spectators turned up for the match. Heinz Rausch was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Roland Lippus and Carl Håkansson. The derby had been the talk of Guarda all week and fans of both teams could be seen throughout the stadium. eromao tactics involved an interesting 3-5-2 combination. Starters: Szyniec - Broos, Ader, Farina - Turco, Noronha da Costa, Ribeiro, O´Keefe, Magalhães - Mendiola, Munné.

Leões had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. The following players took the field: Henning - Etterer, Ardustra, Tilmant - Pacheco, Jóźwiakowski, Marassi, Svensson, Skordas - Boschetti, Lazarevski.

eromao had a chance to take the lead after C. Ader's dazzling drive up the left, but the opportunity fizzled out as his shot went just over the bar after 1 minutes. After 8 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to eromao's L. Mendiola being carried off the pitch and replaced by H. Pinho Lopes. 15 minutes into the game, a swerving free kick by D. Ribeiro almost resulted in the home team taking the lead, but the shot glanced harmlessly off the frame of the goal. F. Marassi received some harsh words from his coach after he acted foolishly 22 minutes into the match, probably out of lack of experience, and almost let an opponent score. The referee showed Leões's R. Tilmant the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. 0 - 0 was the score after the first half. eromao had most of the ball, with 56 percent of possession.

After 70 minutes, the Leões coach wanted to see a new face on the pitch, waving M. Ardustra off the field. D. Colström took his place. After 70 minutes, the Leões coach had a quick word about the tactical set-up and decided to try another approach. 70 minutes into the match, the Leões manager wanted to try a new tactic, and the players loyally obliged. Priding himself in being an active coach, the Leões manager gave new instructions to his players after 70 minutes. Some great play up the middle by eromao led to a chance for D. Ribeiro to score after 75 minutes, but the shot hit the crossbar. After 88 minutes, Leões put themselves up 0 - 1, as O. Lazarevski finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. eromao's J. Farina was shown a yellow card after 89 minutes for slicing down an opponent. eromao claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

Most important eromao player was C. O´Keefe. G. Turco was a disappointment, however. Leões's top performer was clearly M. Boschetti. F. Svensson turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 1.