League Play-Off

Messias Tomaz Paiva
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Felipe Valladares got the match started through his kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Róbson Novaes in the 4th minute of play forced SPFC's goalkeeper Dida Mazzola to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dida Mazzola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurício Secco in the 7th minute of the match. In the 18thth minute of the game Maurício Secco who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SPFC's Dida Mazzola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Sven Josefsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Emerson Sena in the 20th minute. Dida Mazzola showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Maurício Secco in the 21st minute of the match. The throw-in from Ronaldinho Fernandes in the 25th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by SPFC's Agnaldo Santos. SPFC's Dida Mazzola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Róbson Novaes in the 27th minute of play. In the 29th minute Maurício Secco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dida Mazzola saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Olavo Castro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The flamengoric. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 37th minute, Maurício Secco 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. Through an outstanding action, after 40 minutes, Sven Josefsson successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. SPFC's Chicão Motta managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Edinho Damião in the 42 minute of the game. Sven Josefsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Herminio Izel, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 45th minute, Agnaldo Santos managed to get in a good position for a shot. SPFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Agnaldo Santos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Sven Josefsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 46 minutes, Olavo Castro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the flamengoric. and the SPFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Olavo Castro kicked well hit freekick during the 46th minute of the match. Herminio Izel who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 47thth minute tested the skills of Sven Josefsson when he managed to save the team from getting behind. After the first half flamengoric. were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Herminio Izel made a kick off. In the 55thth minute of the game Felipe Valladares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but SPFC's Dida Mazzola was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 56 minutes SPFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Tarcisio Duarte who took care of the corner kick. flamengoric.'s Tarcisio Duarte was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dida Mazzola in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 57 minutes into the match, flamengoric.'s goal looked a bit too open when Herminio Izel came free, but Sven Josefsson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sven Josefsson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Herminio Izel in the 57th minute of play. SPFC's Dida Mazzola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Maurício Secco in the 59th minute of play. The throw-in from Edinho Damião in the 61st minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by SPFC's Chicão Motta. SPFC's Emerson Sena got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Sven Josefsson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Herminio Izel's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Sven Josefsson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emerson Sena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. SPFC's Dida Mazzola played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Felipe Valladares in the 67th minute of play. Dida Mazzola made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Felipe Valladares in the 71st minute of play. After 74 played minutes flamengoric. got a freekick which was hit by Léo Vianna. flamengoric.'s Peterson Novaes was substituted for Maurício Secco. Dida Mazzola made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Felipe Valladares sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to SPFC getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Rodriguinho Alvarenga hit a great ball. In the 90th minute, Peterson Novaes fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. 91 minutes into the match, SPFC's goal looked a bit too open when Felipe Valladares came free, but Dida Mazzola reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kuzey Şahinter hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The flamengoric. players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.