League Play-Off

Putfire Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Tarcisio Negri started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Tarcisio Negri made a precise shot to the right of Luis Mejía. Esperança Football Club's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. The supporters of Esperança Football Club booed when Putfire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rafael dos Santos didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 12th match minute, Esperança Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Baiano to maneuver through the defense. 14 minutes into the match, Esperança Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Negri came free, but Luis Mejía reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leonardo de Azevedo might have been able to make a better finish in the 16th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luciano Mendes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Leonardo de Azevedo ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonardo de Azevedo in the 26th minute of play forced Putfire's goalkeeper Luciano Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Luis Mejía didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rafael dos Santos went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. In the 36th minute, Leonardo de Azevedo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Luciano Mendes was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-1. In the 39th match minute, Esperança Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gernando de Medeiros to maneuver through the defense. The referee felt a red card was in order, 42 minutes into the game, when Hugo Baiano put in a rough tackle. In the 42nd match minute, Esperança Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hugo Baiano to maneuver through the defense. Hugo Baiano hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Gugu de Queiroz came free in the 46th minute and tried to tip the ball over Luis Mejía, but to the joy of Esperança Football Club's supporters the ball hit the crossbar and out. After having played for 48 minutes, Elano Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Putfire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elano Azevedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell César Domingues to make the kick off. When Tomé Oliveira fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Esperança Football Club's protests and gave Tomé Oliveira a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd match minute, Esperança Football Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomé Oliveira to maneuver through the defense. 53 minutes into the game, Putfire's Oscar de Queiroz nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Luis Mejía made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. A collision led to Putfire getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Elano Azevedo hit a great ball. The supporters of Putfire booed when Esperança Football Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. David Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball. 60 minutes into the match, Esperança Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Tarcisio Negri came free, but Luis Mejía reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If César Domingues had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. It seemed to be an obvious goal in the 63rd minute, but Luciano Mendes got his fingers on the ball or the save, leaving Putfire hanging dry this time. Esperança Football Club's César Domingues got a good chance for a goal in the 66th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Putfire's Luciano Mendes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Putfire from getting a goal against them. César Domingues sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Luis Mejía took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar de Queiroz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. César Domingues was extremely unlucky when he, in the 93rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out.