League Play-Off

Onion Stadium
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Mané Saldanha got the match started through his kick off. In the 5th match minute, TOP™ - Cebolandia F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sydney Favoretto to maneuver through the defense. In the 8th minute, Ismael Cordeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Jabuti fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Doni Nóbrega fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Júlio Vasconcelos having to interfere. If Mané Saldanha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 17 minutes into the match, Jabuti's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Saldanha came free, but Júlio Vasconcelos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 19 minutes into the match, Jabuti's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Saldanha came free, but Júlio Vasconcelos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ismael Cordeiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 21st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 29th match minute, Jabuti was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Zé Augusto de Senna to maneuver through the defense. If Doni Nóbrega had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Júlio Vasconcelos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mané Saldanha in the 41st minute of play. 46 minutes into the match, Jabuti's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Saldanha came free, but Júlio Vasconcelos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ismael Cordeiro to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mané Saldanha in the 51st minute of play forced Jabuti's goalkeeper Júlio Vasconcelos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ismael Cordeiro during the 56th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of TOP™ - Cebolandia F.C booed when Jabuti was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ismael Cordeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Mané Saldanha 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. Doni Nóbrega sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jano do Nascimento got free with Chiquinho Costa in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 83 minutes, Ismael Cordeiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Jabuti's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ismael Cordeiro 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 Chiquinho Costa managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Jabuti's Jano do Nascimento fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Ismael Cordeiro came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Jabuti fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Ismael Cordeiro couldn't finish the play. Jabuti's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.