League Play-Off

Urupema
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Anísio Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Fábio Varela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emanuel Torres's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Luiz Gustavo Lara read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 8th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Emanuel Torres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luiz Gustavo Lara was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Mazinho Lara kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Fábio Varela. That made the score 1-1 in the 16 minute of play. When Anísio Seco fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Urupema SS's protests and gave Anísio Seco a yellow card for diving instead. Tales Cordeiro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. When Raimundo Reis fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Urupema SS's protests and gave Raimundo Reis a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Itahu EC booed when Urupema SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raimundo Reis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Fábio Varela made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Anísio Seco sent off a good shot on target. Anísio Seco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Fábio Varela tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Giovani Rezende fell near the penalty area in the 39th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Itahu EC's protests and gave Giovani Rezende a yellow card for diving instead. After 39 played minutes Itahu EC got a freekick which was hit by Giovani Rezende. 39 minutes into the match, Itahu EC's goalkeeper Fábio Varela had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anísio Seco. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Tales Cordeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. Urupema SS's supporters rose to their feet, but Tales Cordeiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fábio Varela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Kaká Moreira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

After having played for 52 minutes, Kaká Moreira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Itahu EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Kaká Moreira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Torres in the 55th minute of play forced Urupema SS's goalkeeper Luiz Gustavo Lara to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Emanuel Torres had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 60 minutes into the match, Urupema SS's goalkeeper Luiz Gustavo Lara had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kaká Moreira. In the 61stth minute of the game Anísio Seco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Itahu EC's Fábio Varela was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. During the 62nd minute of the match Giovani Rezende completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Giovani Rezende a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 63rd match minute, Itahu EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovani Rezende to maneuver through the defense. 67 minutes into the match, Kaká Moreira notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of Urupema SS's Luiz Gustavo Lara. Luiz Gustavo Lara was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Itahu EC's Igor Brasil got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 74 minutes into the match, Itahu EC's Kaká Moreira sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Luiz Gustavo Lara narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Fábio Varela didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Anísio Seco went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. Anísio Seco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Urupema SS's Luiz Gustavo Lara got control of the ball when Kaká Moreira tried to sneak it across the goal line. Kaká Moreira 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. In the 94th minute Anísio Seco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fábio Varela saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 96th minute, Anísio Seco 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. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.