League Play-Off

Coliseo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Mateus Marinho took the kick off in the first half of the match. After a rather tough play, AD Pucuriu's Reynaldo Marinho got a free kick in the 2nd minute. Álvaro Victor received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Raúl Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marian Kochanowski took the ball and in the 5 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raúl Mazza. Raúl Mazza dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Raúl Mazza made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cebrail Demirdelen in the 11th minute. AD Pucuriu's Raúl Mazza proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save AD Pucuriu from getting a goal against them. In the 14th match minute, AD Pucuriu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eusébio Peixoto to maneuver through the defense. Elano Abreu was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 15th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. 18 minutes into the match, AD Pucuriu's Mateus Marinho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adriano Secco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Zeca de Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Adriano Secco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. AD Pucuriu's Raúl Mazza played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Álvaro Victor in the 24th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marian Kochanowski got free with Raúl Mazza in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute Álvaro Victor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raúl Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Imperadores's Yusuf Peyam got a free kick in the 29th minute. 32 minutes into the match, AD Pucuriu's goalkeeper Raúl Mazza had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marian Kochanowski. Eusébio Peixoto was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 33 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute, one of AD Pucuriu:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for AD Pucuriu. AD Pucuriu:s Raúl Mazza showed great skill when he stopped Elano Abreu:s penalty. Reynaldo Marinho's late challenge caught a Imperadores's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynaldo Marinho helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to AD Pucuriu getting a freekick after 39 minutes play. Reynaldo Marinho hit a great ball. After 45 played minutes AD Pucuriu got a freekick which was hit by Zeca de Medeiros. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Álvaro Victor in the 47th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Raúl Mazza prevented the ball from getting in the gole. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Marian Kochanowski to make the kick off. Raúl Mazza didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Imperadores's Álvaro Victor shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. After a rather tough play, Imperadores's Marian Kochanowski got a free kick in the 55th minute. Raúl Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Kochanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 65th minute. In the 67th minute Imperadores were awarded a corner. Elano Abreu went to the cornerflag to take it. Raúl Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cebrail Demirdelen in the 69th minute of the match. 71 minutes into the match, Álvaro Victor had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raúl Mazza. AD Pucuriu's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Álvaro Victor was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. In the 75th minute of the match Elano Abreu sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Raúl Mazza skillfully saved the ball. 77 minutes into the match, AD Pucuriu's goal looked a bit too open when Marian Kochanowski came free, but Raúl Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 78 minutes into the match, AD Pucuriu's goal looked a bit too open when Álvaro Victor came free, but Raúl Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 81st minute the ball was on its way in behind Imperadores's goalkeeper Adriano Secco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 85 minutes into the match, Marian Kochanowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Raúl Mazza. AD Pucuriu's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marian Kochanowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Raúl Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marian Kochanowski, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. 92 minutes into the match, AD Pucuriu's goal looked a bit too open when Álvaro Victor came free, but Raúl Mazza reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 93 played minutes AD Pucuriu got a freekick which was hit by Ezequiel Garci. After having played for 95 minutes, Yusuf Peyam managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Imperadores's supporters crossed their fingers, but Yusuf Peyam was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that Imperadores were the better team. Imperadores's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.