League Play-Off

Arena das Tabocas
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Wellington Charles kicked off to start the match. A collision led to PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Pedro Paulo de Amorim hit a great ball. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s César Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wellington Charles in the 4th minute of play. César Motta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Charles, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. In the 10th minute, Pedro Paulo de Amorim hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute of the match Tony Mendes shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but César Motta showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 12 minutes into the game, Cláudio de Toledo was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Guaraçai Esporte Clube the free kick. The supporters of Guaraçai Esporte Clube booed when PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cláudio de Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Guaraçai Esporte Clube's Serafim Nogueira got a free kick in the 15th minute. Augusto Cavalcante kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. César Motta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wellington Charles, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. In the 22ndth minute of the game Agostinho Baptista who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Guaraçai Esporte Clube's Bonifacio Loi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. César Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Toninho Toscano in the 27th minute of play. Marquinhos Machado charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Marquinhos Machado the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. César Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wellington Charles in the 31st minute of play. Bonifacio Loi was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Agostinho Baptista showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 32 minute of play. After having played for 36 minutes, Wellington Charles managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Guaraçai Esporte Clube's supporters crossed their fingers, but Wellington Charles was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. César Motta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wellington Charles, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. César Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Toninho Toscano in the 42nd minute of the match. César Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wellington Charles in the 47th minute of the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Agostinho Baptista was the one to do the kick off. After 57 played minutes PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ got a freekick which was hit by Marquinhos Machado. Augusto Cavalcante received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. César Motta came out and tried to block the shot, but Augusto Cavalcante slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 63rd minute. When the match had gone on for 66 minutes, Wellington Charles took a quick shot and it went in 1-2 without a chance for César Motta to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wellington Charles in the 69th minute of play forced PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s goalkeeper César Motta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 73rd minute, when Augusto Cavalcante scored to the left of an out of position César Motta, making the score, 1-3. César Motta didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Toninho Toscano went, in the 76th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-4 was the resulting score. In the 78th minute Agostinho Baptista shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bonifacio Loi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Agostinho Baptista had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bonifacio Loi. Guaraçai Esporte Clube's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Agostinho Baptista was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. In the 82nd minute, Lauro Oliveira ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. César Motta was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-5. PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 85th minute, when Wellington Charles scored to the left of an out of position César Motta, making the score, 2-6. After 88 played minutes Guaraçai Esporte Clube got a freekick which was hit by Rômulo Cabral. With a little luck, PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽'s César Motta got control of the ball when Toninho Toscano tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 92nd match minute, PERNAMBUCO CLUBE ⚽ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marquinhos Machado to maneuver through the defense. Toninho Toscano succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-7 in the 93rd playminute.