League Play-Off

Estádio Almescar
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Enio Mazza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Roberto Soares, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Wilson Sampaio made an important save on a dangerous shot by Geovanni de Almeida in the 10th minute. If Edmundo Netto had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Zé Roberto Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 20th minute Edmundo Netto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Enio Mazza saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bebeto da Silva's late challenge caught a Almescar's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Bebeto da Silva helped the player get up and apologised. Wilson Sampaio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeferson Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Bebeto da Silva got his second yellow card in the match during the 26th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Fred Guedes hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute, Luiz Eduardo Toledo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and CRUZEIRO's Wilson Sampaio didn't even have to move. Zé Roberto Soares received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Enio Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Enio Mazza showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Roberto Soares in the 43rd minute of the match. After 48 minutes, Zé Roberto Soares made it 0-1 with a short kick to the right side. Almescar's Enio Mazza tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jeferson Santana to strike the kick off in the second half. Zé Roberto Soares blasted a shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Enio Mazza having to make a save. CRUZEIRO's Wilson Sampaio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geovanni de Almeida in the 58th minute of play. When Jeferson Santana came up free with the goalie in the 71st minute, the Almescar 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 Jeferson Santana couldn't finish the play. In the 73rd minute, Zé Roberto Soares left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CRUZEIRO fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Edmundo Netto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Enio Mazza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jeferson Santana took the ball and in the 88 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wilson Sampaio. Wilson Sampaio dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 92ndth minute of the game Geovanni de Almeida who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but CRUZEIRO's Wilson Sampaio was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 92nd match minute, CRUZEIRO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmundo Netto to maneuver through the defense. Wilson Sampaio stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jeferson Santana's shot from short distance in the 95th minute. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. CRUZEIRO had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.