League Play-Off

Estádio Cotovelo
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Alfredo Gonçalves kicked off to start the match. Marcinho Ferraz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Tostão de Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Tostão de Castro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marcinho Ferraz in the 8th minute of the match. 13 minutes into the match, Silas Valadares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ramiro Pires. Cotovelo's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Silas Valadares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Alfredo Gonçalves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Ramiro Pires tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 25 minutes into the match, Cotovelo's goal looked a bit too open when Silas Valadares came free, but Ramiro Pires reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ramiro Pires made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silas Valadares in the 32nd minute of play. Silas Valadares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Manibu AD's Silas Pinheiro got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Marcinho Ferraz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tostão de Castro didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 44th minute, which inside left pole to 1-1. 48 minutes into the game, Tomé Vinhas was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Manibu AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cotovelo the free kick. The supporters of Cotovelo booed when Manibu AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 48 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomé Vinhas didn't get a good kick on the ball.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marcinho Ferraz to make the kick off. A collision led to Manibu AD getting a freekick after 53 minutes play. Silas Pinheiro hit a great ball. Wilian da Fonseca recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Alfredo Gonçalves managed to get in a good position for a shot. Manibu AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Alfredo Gonçalves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ramiro Pires breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Marcinho Ferraz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tostão de Castro having to interfere. The supporters of Manibu AD booed when Cotovelo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Vágner Vidal didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 74 played minutes, Manibu AD's José Maria Vinhas shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Ramiro Pires came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Manibu AD reached it. In the 80th minute, Wilian da Fonseca 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. 84 minutes into the game, Marcinho Ferraz cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Tostão de Castro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Marcinho Ferraz scored 3-2 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Tostão de Castro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Tostão de Castro didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Cotovelo's Marcinho Ferraz shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-2 in the ordered_time% minute.