League Play-Off

Tijuca
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Tijucano's Tolis Moisiadis 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. Gao Qian Xiao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Pedro Chaves in the 3rd minute of the match. A collision led to Tijucano getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Ramiro Correia hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when José Pedro Chaves sped through Tijucano's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Gao Qian Xiao. After 10 minutes of play, South Park's José Pedro Chaves made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Gao Qian Xiao was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 12 played minutes South Park got a freekick which was hit by Cléberson Corrêa. After having played for 16 minutes, José Pedro Chaves managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. South Park's supporters crossed their fingers, but José Pedro Chaves was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gao Qian Xiao showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Pedro Chaves in the 18th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Tijucano's Ramiro Correia got a free kick in the 21st minute. South Park's Sydney Vieira got a good chance for a goal in the 22nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 24th minute, José Pedro Chaves ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gao Qian Xiao was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Gao Qian Xiao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José Pedro Chaves in the 29th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 31st minute, José Pedro Chaves managed to get in a good position for a shot. South Park's supporters rose to their feet, but José Pedro Chaves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gao Qian Xiao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. José Pedro Chaves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gao Qian Xiao having to make a save. When South Park's José Pedro Chaves in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tijucano's goalie prevented a goal. In the 42nd minute, Luizão Meirelles hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Gao Qian Xiao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Pedro Chaves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Luizão Meirelles got free with Gao Qian Xiao in the 51st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. José Pedro Chaves in the 58thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gao Qian Xiao, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. With splendid footwork José Pedro Chaves arrived in front of goal to shoot 0-4 by the left pole in the game's 62nd minute. José Pedro Chavess short, quick shot in the 65thth minute got Gao Qian Xiao to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. José Pedro Chaves might have been able to make a better finish in the 66th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gao Qian Xiao. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. José Pedro Chaves ran back to his position shaking his head. José Pedro Chaves in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Gao Qian Xiao, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 69th match minute, South Park was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edinho Brasil to maneuver through the defense. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tolis Moisiadis during the 74th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 75th minute, Tolis Moisiadis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Gualter da Cunha fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Tijucano's protests and gave Gualter da Cunha a yellow card for diving instead. In the 76th minute, one of Tijucano: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 Tijucano. Gao Qian Xiao went to the wrong direction when Sydney Vieira was taking care of the penalty kick which however missed the goal. When Sydney Vieira fell near the penalty area in the 82nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored South Park's protests and gave Sydney Vieira a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd match minute, South Park was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sydney Vieira to maneuver through the defense. After 87 played minutes Tijucano got a freekick which was hit by Ramiro Correia. 90 minutes into the match, José Pedro Chaves notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Tijucano's Gao Qian Xiao. Gao Qian Xiao was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After having played for 94 minutes, Edinho Brasil managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. South Park's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edinho Brasil was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With his leg Gao Qian Xiao managed to avoid a goal in the 96thth minute, when South Park's José Pedro Chaves fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 98 minutes into the match, South Park's José Pedro Chaves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Gao Qian Xiao narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the final whistle sounded South Park left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Tijucano.