League Play-Off

Arena Apucarana
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Saul Jaen got the match started through his kick off. Victor Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulrico Herzog, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 7th minute Nacional de Rolândia were awarded a corner. Saul Jaen went to the cornerflag to take it. Saul Jaen charged in rather forcefully in the 9th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Saul Jaen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Saul Jaen hit a great freekick 9 minutes into the match. Victor Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulrico Herzog, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. In the 10th minute, Ulrico Herzog left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Matanza and Steelers fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Victor Negri showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulrico Herzog, who was totally free with the ball in the 15th minute. With his leg Renan Mendes managed to avoid a goal in the 16thth minute, when Nacional de Rolândia's Saul Jaen fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Saul Jaen in the 21st minute of play forced Matanza and Steelers's goalkeeper Renan Mendes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leysus Oktavianus fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Victor Negri having to interfere. When Matanza and Steelers's César Lucas in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Nacional de Rolândia's goalie prevented a goal. Victor Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leysus Oktavianus in the 30th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ulrico Herzog in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Victor Negri saved Nacional de Rolândia from getting behind. Victor Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulrico Herzog in the 37th minute of play. Renan Mendes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Saul Jaen in the 38th minute of play. Victor Negri showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Aaron Tello in the 40th minute of the match. 42 minutes into the match, Nacional de Rolândia's goal looked a bit too open when Ulrico Herzog came free, but Victor Negri reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 45th minute, Ulrico Herzog 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. 47 minutes into the game, Vágner Paraíba was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nacional de Rolândia's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Matanza and Steelers the free kick.

The wind increased when Ulrico Herzog made the kick off in the second half. With an all-out effort, Matanza and Steelers's Victor Negri threw himself towards the right post 53 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Jimmy Örtendal, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. The corner ended in Jimmy Örtendal almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Nacional de Rolândia's Victor Negri did a great save. 55 minutes into the match, Nacional de Rolândia's goalkeeper Victor Negri had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ulrico Herzog. The supporters of Matanza and Steelers booed when Nacional de Rolândia was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Saul Jaen didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 58th minute, Jimmy Örtendal fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Victor Negri, passed just outside the right post. Ulrico Herzogs short, quick shot in the 59thth minute got Victor Negri to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Nacional de Rolândia getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Saul Jaen hit a great ball. 65 minutes into the match, Matanza and Steelers's goal looked a bit too open when Cyryl Joks came free, but Renan Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute, Ulrico Herzog reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Victor Negri. The goal made the score 0-2. Jimmy Örtendal scored 0-3 in the 76th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Victor Negri, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Victor Negri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wiliam Peixoto in the 82nd minute. Victor Negri made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Wiliam Peixoto sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leysus Oktavianus in the 85th minute of play forced Nacional de Rolândia's goalkeeper Victor Negri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Victor Negri made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ulrico Herzog in the 87th minute of play. In the 89th minute Mats Nyman shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renan Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ulrico Herzog was extremely unlucky when he, in the 90th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Matanza and Steelers's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.