League Play-Off

Desejo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Sana SC's Fábio Damião started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 2nd minute, Maurinho Xavier had to be helped off the field due to a pulled leg muscle. Enrique Hoffmann's late challenge caught a Desejo SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enrique Hoffmann helped the player get up and apologised. In the 3rd minute, Enrique Hoffmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 11 minutes into the match, Sana SC's Fábio Damião sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Zézinho de Toledo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 14 minutes in the game, the ball went up into the seats when Sana SC's Bruno Goiano fired away a shot that was just a little bit too high. He walked away shaking his head. Edmílson das Neves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 17th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zézinho de Toledo. Desejo SC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. A collision led to Desejo SC getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Miguel Simão hit a great ball. Desejo SC's Zézinho de Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fábio Damião in the 23rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bruno Goiano in the 24th minute of play forced Desejo SC's goalkeeper Zézinho de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Umberto Miranda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Fábio Damião 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. Durvalino da Rocha charged in rather forcefully in the 38th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Durvalino da Rocha the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 39th minute of the match Edmílson das Neves sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Zézinho de Toledo skillfully saved the ball. Zézinho de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fábio Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Desejo SC's Umberto Miranda got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Gabriel Galvão made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Umberto Miranda sent off a good shot on target. The first half was very even, with the score at 0-0 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Umberto Miranda to make the kick off. 54 minutes into the match, Bruno Goiano notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Desejo SC's Zézinho de Toledo. Zézinho de Toledo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Umberto Miranda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Gabriel Galvão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. João Vítor Medeiros charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed João Vítor Medeiros the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Sana SC getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. João Vítor Medeiros hit a great ball. Umberto Miranda sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 67th minute, Enrique Hoffmann hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sana SC's Gabriel Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Miranda in the 72nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, Sana SC's João Vítor Medeiros got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Sana SC's Gabriel Galvão played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Umberto Miranda in the 83rd minute of play. 84 minutes into the game, Osvaldo Sergipano was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Sana SC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Desejo SC the free kick. A collision led to Sana SC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Osvaldo Sergipano hit a great ball.