League Play-Off

Estádio Amaniutuba
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Doctor Strange made the kick off which started today's match. José San Martín's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 3rdth minute, Percy Fernandez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. José San Martín's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 5thth minute, Percy Fernandez skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. José San Martín could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 12th minute of the match, but Percy Fernandez made a huge save. If Dong Yang Bang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cauan Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Doctor Strange in the 15th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Lasse Delvig 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. 20 minutes had been played when some careless play by ALMA GUERREIRA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Dong Yang Bang was slow to take the kick. During this time Sport Clube Recife's players had a chance to rest. Gualter Penha's late challenge caught a ALMA GUERREIRA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gualter Penha helped the player get up and apologised. ALMA GUERREIRA made a substitution. Chiquinho Alagoano replaced Casemiro De Paul. After 24 played minutes Sport Clube Recife got a freekick which was hit by Knut Söderström. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pablo Lampard in the 28th minute of play forced ALMA GUERREIRA's goalkeeper Cauan Carvalho to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Percy Fernandez was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Lasse Delvig capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Lasse Delvig really showed his touch with that goal: 2-0. Sport Clube Recife's Percy Fernandez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save Sport Clube Recife from getting a goal against them. Cauan Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doctor Strange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cauan Carvalho showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Doctor Strange, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 40th minute of the game. One of ALMA GUERREIRA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Sport Clube Recife:s goal. ALMA GUERREIRA:s Cauan Carvalho showed great skill when he stopped Pablo Lampard:s penalty. Delfim Araújo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cauan Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Doctor Strange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 47th minute Delfim Araújo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Percy Fernandez saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

José San Martín received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Percy Fernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling José San Martín in the 54th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Percy Fernandez prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 55 minutes Sport Clube Recife's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wilson da Rocha who took care of the corner kick. 57 minutes into the match, ALMA GUERREIRA's Lasse Delvig sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Percy Fernandez narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Pablo Lampard managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sport Clube Recife's supporters rose to their feet, but Pablo Lampard was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Cauan Carvalho breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ALMA GUERREIRA's Cauan Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save ALMA GUERREIRA from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in Sport Clube Recife's zone, Delfim Araújo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Percy Fernandez came out of the goal and Delfim Araújo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Cauan Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gualter Penha in the 70th minute of the match. In the 72nd minute Sport Clube Recife were awarded a corner. Dong Yang Bang went to the cornerflag to take it. Cauan Carvalho took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gualter Penha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sport Clube Recife's Percy Fernandez played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by José San Martín in the 83rd minute of play. 83 minutes into the game, José San Martín cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-0. Percy Fernandez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Percy Fernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from José San Martín in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lasse Delvig in the 92nd minute of play forced Sport Clube Recife's goalkeeper Percy Fernandez to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 played minutes Sport Clube Recife got a freekick which was hit by Dráuzio Pena. 96 minutes into the match, Wilson da Rocha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Percy Fernandez. Sport Clube Recife's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wilson da Rocha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. ALMA GUERREIRA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.