League Play-Off

Estádio Bubu
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. Ramiro de Souza started the match with the kick off. After some careless play in the Bubu defense, Ramiro de Souza kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Eduardo Velasco. The Bubu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Eduardo Velasco should have stopped the shot. When Geovânio Quirino fell near the penalty area in the 8th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Bubu's protests and gave Geovânio Quirino a yellow card for diving instead. In the 8th minute, Geovânio Quirino hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Ramiro de Souza put it in 0-2 from a short distance just to the right of Luís Eduardo Velasco. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ramiro de Souza in the 16th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Eduardo Velasco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. William Leão could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Elias da Costa made a huge save. 20 minutes into the game, William Leão was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Bubu's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave OUSADIA F.C. the free kick. Ramiro de Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Eduardo Velasco having to interfere. After 23 minutes of play, OUSADIA F.C.'s Ramiro de Souza made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Luís Eduardo Velasco was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luís Eduardo Velasco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dário Santana in the 28th minute of play. Luís Eduardo Velasco came out of the goal in the 31st minute to try and stop a shot by OUSADIA F.C.'s Dário Santana. But to his dismay, Dário Santana quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Luís Eduardo Velasco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Bubu's Luís Eduardo Velasco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José Augusto Félix in the 43rd minute of play. After 46 minutes of play Bubu's William Leão was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After a rather tough play, Bubu's William Leão got a free kick in the 47th minute.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Geovânio Quirino made a kick off. After 54 played minutes OUSADIA F.C. got a freekick which was hit by Oswaldo Fernandez. The audience was convinced that Ramiro de Souza's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Luís Eduardo Velasco was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. After 67th play minutes Ramiro de Souza shot 0-6, a short shot which went by Luís Eduardo Velasco and just under the crossbar into goal. Ramiro de Souza might have been able to make a better finish in the 73rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Eduardo Velasco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ramiro de Souza ran back to his position shaking his head. Ramiro de Souza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Eduardo Velasco having to interfere. Bubu's Luís Eduardo Velasco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro de Souza in the 77th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Oswaldo Fernandez during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Bubu booed when OUSADIA F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 78 match minutes in a wonderful position. Oswaldo Fernandez didn't get a good kick on the ball. Geovânio Quirino might have been able to make a better finish in the 81st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Elias da Costa. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Geovânio Quirino ran back to his position shaking his head. After some fancy dribbling in the 83rd minute, Geovânio Quirino managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bubu's supporters rose to their feet, but Geovânio Quirino was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Elias da Costa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dário Santana got free with Luís Eduardo Velasco in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ramiro de Souza in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Luís Eduardo Velasco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Luís Eduardo Velasco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ramiro de Souza's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. OUSADIA F.C.'s fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.