League Play-Off

Estádio Arumandupa
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eugênio Seco got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olívio Mandrak in the 3rd minute of play forced Jaibaras's goalkeeper Nilmar Mandrak to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 9thth minute of the game Eugênio Seco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arumandupa's Betinho Mello was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Arumandupa's goal looked a bit too open when Umberto Santana came free, but Betinho Mello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 15th match minute, Arumandupa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evandro Prestes to maneuver through the defense. After recieving a nice pass, Jaibaras's Kléberson Zonta tried to score from far away in the 16th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Eugênio Seco managed to get in a good position for a shot. Jaibaras's supporters rose to their feet, but Eugênio Seco was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Betinho Mello breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 23rdth minute of the game Umberto Santana who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arumandupa's Betinho Mello was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Umberto Santana recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 24th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Nilmar Mandrak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Olívio Mandrak in the 34th minute of the match. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Olívio Mandrak stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nilmar Mandrak showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olívio Mandrak, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. 58 minutes into the match, Jaibaras's goal looked a bit too open when Pedro Linhares came free, but Nilmar Mandrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ismael Fonseca charged in rather forcefully in the 61st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ismael Fonseca the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 61st minute, one of Arumandupa:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Arumandupa. Olívio Mandrak received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Nilmar Mandrak tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nilmar Mandrak didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Pedro Linhares went, in the 77th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Betinho Mello showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eugênio Seco in the 81st minute of the match. Eugênio Seco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Betinho Mello having to interfere. Jano Breckenfeld sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes in the game, Eugênio Seco fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Betinho Mello having to interfere. Arumandupa were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Jaibaras for a fine match.