League Play-Off

Estádio Murihe
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Nakapa CR's Arí Arruda 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. When Hermínio Baiano came up free with the goalie in the 5th minute, the Nakapa CR 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 Hermínio Baiano couldn't finish the play. Raúl de Medeiros fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raphael Vides having to interfere. A collision led to Murihe getting a freekick after 9 minutes play. João Vítor Dante hit a great ball. Raphael Vides made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arí Arruda in the 12th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Murihe's zone, Hermínio Baiano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raphael Vides came out of the goal and Hermínio Baiano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 19th minute, Arí Arruda 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. Nakapa CR's Arí Arruda got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Raúl de Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Raphael Vides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 30th minute, Hamílton Perez reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Waldemar Luz. The goal made the score 1-1. Raúl de Medeiros might have been able to make a better finish in the 34th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Raphael Vides. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Raúl de Medeiros ran back to his position shaking his head. Franklin Paes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Raphael Vides tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Murihe's Raphael Vides played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Raúl de Medeiros in the 44th minute of play. José Carlos Silva's late challenge caught a Murihe's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Carlos Silva helped the player get up and apologised. In the 45th minute, one of Nakapa CR:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Nakapa CR. The referee gave Murihe a penalty, 47 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by João Vítor Dante, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Nakapa CR's Waldemar Luz. 2-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Victor de Andrade to strike the kick off in the second half. Raúl de Medeiros sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Raphael Vides made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hermínio Baiano in the 57th minute. After 60 minutes of play, Nakapa CR's Arí Arruda made it 2-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Raphael Vides was left in no man's land by his defense there! Luisinho Teixeira scored 3-4 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Waldemar Luz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After a rather tough play, Nakapa CR's Wilson Lopes got a free kick in the 77th minute. Waldemar Luz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hamílton Perez in the 83rd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Murihe's zone, Raúl de Medeiros stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Raphael Vides came out of the goal and Raúl de Medeiros tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 86th minute, Franklin Paes 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. Raphael Vides showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arí Arruda, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Mané Arantes kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. 98 minutes into the match, Murihe's João Vítor Dante sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Waldemar Luz narrowly saved just below the crossbar.