League Play-Off

Cocaes
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Ruy Peixoto took the ball and in the 8 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luiz Guilherme Brasil. Luiz Guilherme Brasil dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 12 minutes into the game, Silvério Mendes was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Cocaes's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vodka Diamond the free kick. Silvério Mendes hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 13 minutes into the game, Claudinho Breckenfeld cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Luiz Guilherme Brasil was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Vodka Diamond's Luizão Novaes got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Claudinho Breckenfeld received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Luiz Guilherme Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cocaes's goalkeeper Luiz Guilherme Brasil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Ruy Peixoto sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 30th minute, Marcel Berger 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 35th minute, Claudinho Breckenfeld left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Vodka Diamond fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. If Ruy Peixoto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 47 minutes of play, Vodka Diamond's Luizão Novaes made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luiz Guilherme Brasil was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-4 lead.

The wind increased when Silvério Mendes made the kick off in the second half. Luiz Guilherme Brasil made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Claudinho Breckenfeld sent off a good shot on target. In the 56th match minute, Vodka Diamond was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcel Berger to maneuver through the defense. Luizão Novaes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Claudinho Almeida during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Cocaes's zone, Luizão Novaes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Luiz Guilherme Brasil came out of the goal and Luizão Novaes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ruy Peixoto did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-5 to the left of a surprised Luiz Guilherme Brasil 66 minutes into the match. Vodka Diamond's Ruy Peixoto shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 71st minute of play. The shot was stopped by Luiz Guilherme Brasil but with some difficulty. After 73 played minutes Cocaes got a freekick which was hit by Carlos Pitta. In the 77th minute, Josué Furtado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Ruy Peixoto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marcel Berger blasted a shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Luiz Guilherme Brasil having to make a save. When Ruy Peixoto came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Vodka Diamond fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ruy Peixoto couldn't finish the play. Luiz Guilherme Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duarte Teixeira in the 85th minute of the match. During the 89th minute of the match Claudinho Almeida completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Claudinho Almeida a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, Cocaes's Tales Mineiro got a free kick in the 91st minute. Luiz Guilherme Brasil showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ruy Peixoto in the 94th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, Vodka Diamond's Luiz Guilherme Brasil threw himself towards the right post 97 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Dagoberto Sá, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 98th match minute, Cocaes was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Carlos Pitta to maneuver through the defense. When the match was over Vodka Diamond could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Cocaes throughout the match.