League Play-Off

Sao Januario
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arnaldo Sousa made the kick off which started today's match. Luiz Guilherme Maciel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Gabriel Corrêa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 6th minute, QμiiƑ's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Arnaldo Sousa fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. After 12 minutes, Egídio Rezende mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the QμiiƑ and the Vascao players grew even worse after the yellow card. The goalkeeper, Betão Senna, was totally fooled by Vascao's Oséias da Silva, who 13 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. With his leg Betão Senna managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Vascao's Eriberto Fonseca fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vascao's Arnaldo Machado got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Arnaldo Sousa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A hard shot 23 in the game by Arnaldo Machado from a close distance when the talented Betão Senna managed to make a qualified save. QμiiƑ's players were relieved. With a little luck, QμiiƑ's Betão Senna got control of the ball when Arnaldo Machado tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arnaldo Machado could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Betão Senna made a huge save. Luiz Guilherme Maciel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Gabriel Corrêa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Arnaldo Machado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Arnaldo Sousa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 39 minutes into the match, QμiiƑ's goalkeeper Betão Senna had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Arnaldo Machado. Betão Senna stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Arnaldo Sousa's shot from short distance in the 44th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Arí Bertassi to strike the kick off in the second half. Arnaldo Sousa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 57th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. A collision led to QμiiƑ getting a freekick after 59 minutes play. Dedê Leal hit a great ball. When the match clock showed 62 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Arnaldo Sousa sped through QμiiƑ's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Betão Senna. Arnaldo Sousa's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Betão Senna read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 68th minute of play. After a rather tough play, QμiiƑ's Tomás Fantini got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 73rd minute, Oséias da Silva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Betão Senna didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Vascao's Arnaldo Sousa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Arí Bertassi struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Gabriel Corrêa didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for QμiiƑ. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Arnaldo Sousa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Vascao's supporters rose to their feet, but Arnaldo Sousa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Betão Senna breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 92nd minute the ball was on its way in behind QμiiƑ's goalkeeper Betão Senna, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in QμiiƑ's zone, Arnaldo Machado stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Betão Senna came out of the goal and Arnaldo Machado tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Vascao's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.