League Play-Off

Arena Minuano
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Jeronimo Txatxu started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes, Marcel Reis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Atlético Minuano and the Xv de Piracicaba players grew even worse after the yellow card. 6 minutes into the match, Atlético Minuano's goal looked a bit too open when Meng Jie Xing came free, but Yuri Loureiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The supporters of Xv de Piracicaba booed when Atlético Minuano was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dominik Piglowski didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ramon Menezes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Yuri Loureiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 13th minute, Ander Uibomäe hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Xv de Piracicaba's Sebastian Sandberg got control of the ball when Nicolas Romero tried to sneak it across the goal line. Sebastian Sandberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nicolas Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 18th minute Jeronimo Txatxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuri Loureiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 19th minute Alfredinho Aparecido shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sebastian Sandberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Atlético Minuano's Yuri Loureiro played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfredo Rocchi in the 22nd minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, Atlético Minuano's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Rocchi came free, but Yuri Loureiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 25 minutes into the match, Xv de Piracicaba's goal looked a bit too open when Dominik Piglowski came free, but Sebastian Sandberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match Atlético Minuano got a corner. Xv de Piracicaba's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Nicolas Romero ran over to the corner to take the kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Alfredinho Aparecido in the 28th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sebastian Sandberg prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Sebastian Sandberg made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nicolas Romero in the 29th minute. Xv de Piracicaba's Sebastian Sandberg played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicolas Romero in the 33rd minute of play. Yuri Loureiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alfredo Rocchi in the 36th minute of the match. When Xv de Piracicaba's Jeronimo Txatxu in the 39th minute got a chance for a shot 39th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atlético Minuano's goalie prevented a goal. After 39 minutes, Jeronimo Txatxu made it 0-2 with a short kick to the right side. Atlético Minuano's Yuri Loureiro tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. If Alfredinho Aparecido had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Nicolas Romero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Nicolas Romero stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Yuri Loureiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeronimo Txatxu in the 54th minute of play. Sebastian Sandberg took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dominik Piglowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Atlético Minuano were awarded a corner in the 59th minute after Xv de Piracicaba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Nicolas Romero took the corner. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Meng Jie Xing in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Yuri Loureiro prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Yuri Loureiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramon Menezes in the 67th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Afonso Barral in the 68th minute of play forced Atlético Minuano's goalkeeper Yuri Loureiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Yuri Loureiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ramon Menezes in the 76th minute. 79 minutes into the match, Atlético Minuano's goalkeeper Yuri Loureiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ramon Menezes. Yuri Loureiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeronimo Txatxu in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Jeronimo Txatxu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Yuri Loureiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ramon Menezes in the 91st minute of play forced Atlético Minuano's goalkeeper Yuri Loureiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 92nd minute, Ramon Menezes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Atlético Minuano's Yuri Loureiro got control of the ball when Ramon Menezes tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 96th minute Jeronimo Txatxu shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Yuri Loureiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Xv de Piracicaba's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.