League Play-Off

Estádio Esquerda
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Elias de Amaral started the match with the kick off. In the 6th minute, Wiliam Falcão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Paulão Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Júnior Melo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paulão Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Wágner Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thomás Rocha in the 25th minute of play forced Esquerda's goalkeeper Wágner Nunes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thomás Rocha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Wágner Nunes having to make a save. After a defensive mix-up in Esquerda's zone, Paulão Brito stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Wágner Nunes came out of the goal and Paulão Brito tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Esquerda's Wágner Nunes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulão Brito in the 31st minute of play. Wellington Tróia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias de Amaral in the 33rd minute of play. Thomás Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wágner Nunes having to interfere. Júnior Melo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Tróia having to interfere. After having played for 46 minutes, Júnior Melo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Esquerda's supporters crossed their fingers, but Júnior Melo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Elias de Amaral recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 48th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Thomás Rocha to make the kick off. Wellington Tróia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. In the 61stth minute of the game Elias de Amaral who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tipiti's Wellington Tróia was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Thomás Rocha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Elias de Amaral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Tipiti defense, Elias de Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Wellington Tróia. The Tipiti fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Wellington Tróia should have stopped the shot. Júnior Melo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wellington Tróia having to interfere. Paulão Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Wágner Nunes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Paulão Brito sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Esquerda's Júnior Melo got a free kick in the 87th minute. In the 94th minute of the match Guga Souza shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Wellington Tróia showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 97th minute, Júnior Melo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Wellington Tróia was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Esquerda had won after a very even match.