League Play-Off

Clube Regatas Rio
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kjell Vassenius got the match started through his kick off. Jefferson Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. André Magalhães tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mohamed Salah Ben El Abidine Ben Ali fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without André Magalhães having to interfere. A hard shot 17 in the game by Kjell Vassenius from a close distance when the talented Süruri Şahbey managed to make a qualified save. Ainoan ∞'s players were relieved. A collision led to Ainoan ∞ getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Rigoberto Rojelio hit a great ball. 21 minutes into the match, Ainoan ∞'s goalkeeper Süruri Şahbey had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kjell Vassenius. When Ainoan ∞'s Ismael Viana in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye RIO CLUBE REGATAS's goalie prevented a goal. In the 28th minute Leif Ferm shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Süruri Şahbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Giuseppe de Mendonça's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Süruri Şahbey was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Süruri Şahbey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Giuseppe de Mendonça's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. With a little luck, Ainoan ∞'s Süruri Şahbey got control of the ball when Kjell Vassenius tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leif Ferm made in the 36th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Ainoan ∞'s Mohamed Salah Ben El Abidine Ben Ali. In the 37th minute, Ismael Viana left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Ainoan ∞ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-1. Giuseppe de Mendonça received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Süruri Şahbey came out and tried to block the shot, but Giuseppe de Mendonça slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 43rd minute. Ismael Viana sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 48 minutes of play, RIO CLUBE REGATAS's Giuseppe de Mendonça made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Süruri Şahbey was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ismael Viana to make the kick off. In the 58th minute Kjell Vassenius shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Süruri Şahbey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Süruri Şahbey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giuseppe de Mendonça in the 60th minute of play. André Magalhães made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ismael Viana in the 62nd minute of play. Süruri Şahbey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonathan Araújo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonathan Araújo in the 75th minute of play forced Ainoan ∞'s goalkeeper Süruri Şahbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Giuseppe de Mendonça in the 78th minute of play forced Ainoan ∞'s goalkeeper Süruri Şahbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 80th minute of the match RIO CLUBE REGATAS got a corner. Ainoan ∞'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Tony Neiva ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on RIO CLUBE REGATAS's corner Tony Neiva fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Süruri Şahbey quite easily take care of the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Ainoan ∞'s goal looked a bit too open when Giuseppe de Mendonça came free, but Süruri Şahbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. André Magalhães made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Ismael Viana sent off a good shot on target. 93 minutes into the match, Ainoan ∞'s goal looked a bit too open when Rikki Doro came free, but Süruri Şahbey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Süruri Şahbey showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giuseppe de Mendonça in the 94th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kjell Vassenius in the 98th minute of play forced Ainoan ∞'s goalkeeper Süruri Şahbey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. RIO CLUBE REGATAS's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.