League Play-Off

Estádio Jacarezinho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th minute Artur Secco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Machado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 5 minutes into the match, ASoto Team's goal looked a bit too open when Renatinho Veloso came free, but Marcus Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Renatinho Veloso in the 7th minute of play forced ASoto Team's goalkeeper Marcus Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bernardinho Camargo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Marcus Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Vitório Linhares's late challenge caught a Xurupita Futebol Clube's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Vitório Linhares helped the player get up and apologised. Vitório Linhares hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. 19 minutes into the match, Bernardinho Camargo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marcus Romero. ASoto Team's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Bernardinho Camargo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. The audience was convinced that Artur Secco's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ivo Machado was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Bernardinho Camargo's late challenge caught a ASoto Team's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bernardinho Camargo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of ASoto Team booed when Xurupita Futebol Clube was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bernardinho Camargo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Josué Mendonça managed to get in a good position for a shot. ASoto Team's supporters rose to their feet, but Josué Mendonça was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ivo Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Artur Secco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Machado having to interfere. Josué Mendonça who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 39thth minute tested the skills of Ivo Machado when he managed to save the team from getting behind. Severino Furlan hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Xurupita Futebol Clube's Ivo Machado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Xurupita Futebol Clube from getting a goal against them. Artur Secco was extremely unlucky when he, in the 42nd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Leonel Mineiro hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bernardinho Camargo to make the kick off. Ivo Machado made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Artur Secco in the 56th minute of play. Josué Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ivo Machado having to interfere. Marcus Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bernardinho Camargo in the 62nd minute of play. 78 minutes into the match, Xurupita Futebol Clube's goal looked a bit too open when Josué Mendonça came free, but Ivo Machado reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Artur Secco received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Ivo Machado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Bernardinho Camargo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 93rd minute, Diamantino Pimenta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. ASoto Team's Artur Secco got a good chance for a goal in the 94th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marcus Romero made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Renatinho Veloso sent off a good shot on target. The ASoto Team supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Xurupita Futebol Clube's performance. The match ended with a win for Xurupita Futebol Clube.