League Play-Off

Nordestina
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Zé Souza started the match with the kick off. After 3 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Cumuruxatiba! After 12 minutes, Daniel Paulista mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nordestina SC and the Cumuruxatiba players grew even worse after the yellow card. Mário Baptista took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Tiago Gabriel Oliveira. Nordestina SC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 14 minutes into the match, Nordestina SC's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur dos Santos came free, but Tiago Gabriel Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cesinha Berger sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 25 minutes, Horácio Queiroz successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Celso França succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 25th playminute. Tiago Gabriel Oliveira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Caio de Almeida in the 28th minute of play. Daniel Paulista hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. Tiago Gabriel Oliveira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arthur dos Santos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zé Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tiago Gabriel Oliveira having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Souza in the 42nd minute of play forced Nordestina SC's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Souza in the 43rd minute of play forced Nordestina SC's goalkeeper Tiago Gabriel Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Celso França to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Cumuruxatiba's Giovanni Bastos got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Tiago Gabriel Oliveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. The supporters of Nordestina SC booed when Cumuruxatiba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Caio de Almeida didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Nordestina SC's Tiago Gabriel Oliveira got control of the ball when Arthur dos Santos tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arthur dos Santos didn't miss a given chance and shot in short distance 2-2 via right post in the game's 71st minute. Cumuruxatiba's supporters showed their exhuberating excitement! If Arthur dos Santos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 78 minutes, Jerônimo Mattos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Nordestina SC and the Cumuruxatiba players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 79th match minute, Nordestina SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jerônimo Mattos to maneuver through the defense. Tiago Gabriel Oliveira was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Zé Souza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Zé Souza really showed his touch with that goal: 2-3. 87 minutes into the match, Celso França had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horácio Queiroz. Cumuruxatiba's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Celso França was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-3. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.