League Play-Off

Estádio Guirapa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Severino Damião took the kick off in the first half of the match. Flávio Peres hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Ibiassuce AD's zone, Caetano Favoretto stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Betinho Reis came out of the goal and Caetano Favoretto tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Betinho Reis made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeu Tande in the 5th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Vinícius Meira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luisão Lima was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. An unexpected shot in the 13th minute by Romeu Tande got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Luisão Lima showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Damião in the 15th minute of the match. In the 18th minute Vinícius Meira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Luisão Lima saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Severino Damião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Luisão Lima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vinícius Meira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luisão Lima having to interfere. Vinícius Meira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Luisão Lima tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Guirapa's zone, Severino Damião stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luisão Lima came out of the goal and Severino Damião tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Ibiassuce AD defense, Caetano Favoretto kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Betinho Reis. The Ibiassuce AD fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Betinho Reis should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Severino Damião in the 41st minute of play forced Guirapa's goalkeeper Luisão Lima to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Romeu Tande to make the kick off. When Agnaldo Dante fell near the penalty area in the 58th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ibiassuce AD's protests and gave Agnaldo Dante a yellow card for diving instead. Agnaldo Dante kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Romeu Tande in the 60th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Betinho Reis prevented the ball from getting in the gole. 69 minutes into the match, Vinícius Meira had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Luisão Lima. Guirapa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Vinícius Meira was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. The audience thought a goal was coming when Vinícius Meira got free with Luisão Lima in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 74 minutes of play, Ibiassuce AD's Severino Damião made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luisão Lima was left in no man's land by his defense there! 3-3 became the score in the 77th minute when Romeu Tande elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Severino Damião managed to get in a good position for a shot. Ibiassuce AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Severino Damião was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Luisão Lima breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 82nd minute, Vinícius Meira got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Severino Damião sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Betinho Reis came out of the goal in the 95th minute to try and stop a shot by Guirapa's Caetano Favoretto. But to his dismay, Caetano Favoretto quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-3. Guirapa were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Ibiassuce AD for a fine match.