League Play-Off

Paulo I. Heineck
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luís Fernando Vides kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Jaru-Uaru getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Koppány Selymes hit a great ball. With a little luck, Jaru-Uaru's Frederico Zonta got control of the ball when Afonso Cardozo tried to sneak it across the goal line. Andres van der Sar made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fernando Vides in the 13th minute of play. Frederico Zonta made an important save on a dangerous shot by Afonso Cardozo in the 15th minute. MONTANHA's Andres van der Sar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Koppány Selymes in the 17th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Jaru-Uaru's Koppány Selymes nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Andres van der Sar made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Luís Fernando Vides in the 34th minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Andres van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th match minute, Jaru-Uaru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Koppány Selymes to maneuver through the defense. Andres van der Sar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luís Fernando Vides went, in the 36th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Dinei Montenegro hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After 44 played minutes Jaru-Uaru got a freekick which was hit by Ramon Abarca. Afonso Cardozo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 45th minute of the match, but Frederico Zonta made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Koppány Selymes in the 48th minute of play forced MONTANHA's goalkeeper Andres van der Sar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Narciso Mendes's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Andres van der Sar firmly grabbed it by the left post. Jaru-Uaru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Mo Ning De in the 52nd minute. A nice corner shot did that Mo Ning De got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Andres van der Sar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 59 minutes had been played when some careless play by MONTANHA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mo Ning De was slow to take the kick. During this time Jaru-Uaru's players had a chance to rest. Frederico Zonta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Cardozo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Czeslaw Walec received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Frederico Zonta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 71st minute of the match, Koppány Selymes tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Andres van der Sar saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Frederico Zonta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Afonso Cardozo, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wei Guang Xing in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Frederico Zonta prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After 79 minutes Jaru-Uaru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Afonso Cardozo who took care of the corner kick. The corner led MONTANHA's Afonso Cardozo to fire away a dangerous shot which Frederico Zonta despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 80th minute Afonso Cardozo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederico Zonta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, MONTANHA's goal looked a bit too open when Koppány Selymes came free, but Andres van der Sar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Czeslaw Walec sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Koppány Selymes hit a great freekick 91 minutes into the match. Andres van der Sar made an important save on a dangerous shot by Luís Fernando Vides in the 94th minute. Andres van der Sar made a fantastic save in the 96th minute, when Koppány Selymes sent off a good shot on target. Jaru-Uaru's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.