League Play-Off

Balsa
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wilian Madureira got the match started through his kick off. A collision led to Ibituruma getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Valdo de Carvalho hit a great ball. In the 3rd minute, Alan Penha hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 7th minute, Valdo de Carvalho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ibituruma fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. After a rather tough play, Ibituruma's Lino Paraíba got a free kick in the 10th minute. In the 11th match minute, Ibituruma was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oséias Diniz to maneuver through the defense. Célio Sampaio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdo de Carvalho in the 16th minute of the match. Oséias Diniz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Célio Sampaio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Balsa's Célio Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdo de Carvalho in the 24th minute of play. After 27 played minutes Balsa got a freekick which was hit by Wilian Madureira. After some careless play in the Balsa defense, Valdo de Carvalho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Célio Sampaio. The Balsa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Célio Sampaio should have stopped the shot. Lino Paraíba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Célio Sampaio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maurício Gomes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Lino Paraíba had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Balsa players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Ibituruma were winning 0-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Valdo de Carvalho made a kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Valdo de Carvalho lined in a short shot 0-3 behind a frustrated Célio Sampaio. Célio Sampaio made a fantastic save in the 59th minute, when Lino Paraíba sent off a good shot on target. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Alan Penha managed to get in a good position for a shot. Balsa's supporters rose to their feet, but Alan Penha was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cafu Leal breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 65th match minute, Balsa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cícero Diniz to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Wilian Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 76th minute Valdo de Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Célio Sampaio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lino Paraíbas short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Célio Sampaio to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Lino Paraíba's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 77thth minute, Célio Sampaio skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. Balsa's Célio Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdo de Carvalho in the 79th minute of play. Lino Paraíba sent away a hard shot on goal in the 80th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Alan Penha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cafu Leal having to interfere. Oséias Diniz charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Oséias Diniz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 86th minute, Oséias Diniz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alan Penha received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Cafu Leal tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Balsa's Célio Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Valdo de Carvalho in the 89th minute of play. In the 89th minute, Valdo de Carvalho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Célio Sampaio was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-4. 92 minutes into the match, Ibituruma's goal looked a bit too open when Wilian Madureira came free, but Cafu Leal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 94th minute, Alan Penha 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. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Ibituruma walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.