League Play-Off

Estádio Canastrão
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Filipe da Mata started the match with the kick off. Valdemar Simão charged in rather forcefully in the 4th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Valdemar Simão the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Caetano Toscano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Dark Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Caetano Toscano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nicolas Rosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Caetano Toscano did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-1 to the left of a surprised Nicolas Rosa 14 minutes into the match. In the 21st minute, Wanderson Araújo 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. In the 23rd minute, Wanderson Araújo 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. With a little luck, Lona's Nicolas Rosa got control of the ball when Wanderson Araújo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 30th minute, Fernão Nunes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 32 minutes Lona's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Valdemar Simão who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Valdemar Simão got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nicolas Rosa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Caetano Toscano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Nicolas Rosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Wanderson Araújo 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. Lona's Nicolas Rosa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save Lona from getting a goal against them. After having played for 45 minutes, Wanderson Arce managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Lona's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wanderson Arce was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Nicolas Rosa was a little too slow when Caetano Toscano got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Caetano Toscano stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience was convinced that Wanderson Araújo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Rosa was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. 55 minutes into the match, Lona's goal looked a bit too open when Caetano Toscano came free, but Nicolas Rosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wanderson Arce blasted a shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Manuel Tande having to make a save. Dark Team's Mateus Macedo got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Wanderson Araújo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Nicolas Rosa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 72nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Lona's goalkeeper Nicolas Rosa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. With an all-out effort, Lona's Manuel Tande threw himself towards the right post 74 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Filipe da Mata, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Caetano Toscano blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Nicolas Rosa having to make a save. 86 minutes into the match, Wanderson Arce notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Dark Team's Manuel Tande. Manuel Tande was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nicolas Rosa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caetano Toscano in the 93rd minute of play. 94 minutes into the game, Kaká Alvarenga was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lona's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Dark Team the free kick. 95 minutes into the match, Lona's goal looked a bit too open when Caetano Toscano came free, but Nicolas Rosa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Dark Team players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.