League Play-Off

Estádio Romeu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Romeu's Maurinho Aguiar 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. Hugo Cosme scored 1-0 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Naldo Azevedo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Lauro Romero struck a weak shot in the 7th minute. Naldo Azevedo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romeu. Lucas Quirino recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Maurinho Aguiar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lenílson de Carvalho charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Lenílson de Carvalho the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Jaguaracu getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Lenílson de Carvalho hit a great ball. In the 12th minute of the match Ernesto Chaves sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Naldo Azevedo skillfully saved the ball. Jaguaracu's defense didn't have a chance, in the 16th minute, when Sydney Paraibano scored to the left of an out of position Naldo Azevedo, making the score, 2-0. In the 20th minute Lenílson de Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Aloísio Vaz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Aloísio Vaz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renatinho Paraíba in the 21st minute of play. The long shot by Rafael Arósio in the 24th minute really tested Naldo Azevedo's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Naldo Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sydney Paraibano in the 29th minute of the match. In the 30th match minute, Jaguaracu was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Natanael de Sena to maneuver through the defense. Maurinho Aguiar who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 31stth minute tested the skills of Naldo Azevedo when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 36th minute, Ernesto Chaves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. It was beautiful to see Jaguaracu's Manuel Passos in action when he in the 38th minute dribbled his way through a couple of opponents and the fired away a shot from almost standing still. First the ball seemed to get in, but turned out to be on the outside of the net. A great chance! Maurinho Aguiar did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 3-0 to the left of a surprised Naldo Azevedo 41 minutes into the match. Maurinho Aguiar could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 44th minute of the match, but Naldo Azevedo made a huge save.

With a couple of smart ball manuevers Maurinho Aguiar in the 53rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Naldo Azevedo saved Jaguaracu from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 55 minutes, Maurinho Aguiar put it in 4-0 from a short distance just to the right of Naldo Azevedo. In the game's 63rd minute Romeu's Víktor Secco took a hard shot from long distance, a kick which went into the net just to the right of Naldo Azevedo and thus the score was 5-0. Naldo Azevedo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Lucas Quirino's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Aloísio Vaz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Natanael de Sena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sydney Paraibano struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Naldo Azevedo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Romeu. The audience was convinced that Maurinho Aguiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Naldo Azevedo was relentless in the 74th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Maurinho Aguiar managed to get in a good position for a shot. Romeu's supporters rose to their feet, but Maurinho Aguiar was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Naldo Azevedo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute, Sydney Paraibano 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. In the 81st minute, Pedro Augusto Alvarenga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Maurinho Aguiar's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Naldo Azevedo was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Lenílson de Carvalho hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. 90 minutes into the match, Maurinho Aguiar notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Jaguaracu's Naldo Azevedo. Naldo Azevedo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 95th minute, Jaguaracu's Percy Abreu dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 6-1. Romeu's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.