League Play-Off

Estádio Piracununga
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rodrigo Velloso made the kick off which started today's match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Horácio Damião in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Léo Garden saved Viver de Bet - FSCMZ from getting behind. 7 minutes into the match, Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Alfredo Fernandes came free, but Léo Garden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Léo Garden showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedrão Souza in the 9th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Alfredo Fernandes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Léo Garden was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Léo Garden showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Horácio Damião, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 18 minutes into the match, Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Horácio Damião came free, but Léo Garden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Léo Garden took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedrão Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Léo Garden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfredo Fernandes in the 23rd minute of play. A collision led to Viver de Bet - FSCMZ getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Luís Paulo Seco hit a great ball. Horácio Damião scored 0-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Léo Garden, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Léo Garden made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Horácio Damião in the 28th minute of play. Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's Léo Garden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horácio Damião in the 28th minute of play. Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's Léo Garden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horácio Damião in the 32nd minute of play. Rodrigo Velloso hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. After 37 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Viver de Bet - FSCMZ! Léo Garden had in the 39thth minute some difficulties stopping José Pedro Simão's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. Cipriano Alvarenga's late challenge caught a REAL VASCO RIO's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cipriano Alvarenga helped the player get up and apologised. Cipriano Alvarenga hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's Léo Garden played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Horácio Damião in the 43rd minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedrão Souza to make the kick off. 55 minutes into the match, Pedrão Souza had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Léo Garden. Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pedrão Souza was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. When Sydney Mazza fell near the penalty area in the 64th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored REAL VASCO RIO's protests and gave Sydney Mazza a yellow card for diving instead. In the 64th match minute, REAL VASCO RIO was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sydney Mazza to maneuver through the defense. Léo Garden made an important save on a dangerous shot by Horácio Damião in the 71st minute. 78 minutes into the match, Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's goal looked a bit too open when Pedrão Souza came free, but Léo Garden reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. REAL VASCO RIO's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by José Pedro Simão in the 79th minute. The corner led REAL VASCO RIO's José Pedro Simão to fire away a dangerous shot which Léo Garden despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. When the match had gone on for 80 minutes, Horácio Damião took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Léo Garden to make any attempt to save it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luciano Leão got free with Léo Garden in the 84th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 86 minutes of play Viver de Bet - FSCMZ's Cipriano Alvarenga was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. Cipriano Alvarenga hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. The long shot by José Pedro Simão in the 89th minute really tested Léo Garden's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as REAL VASCO RIO's Horácio Damião slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Léo Garden. That made the score 0-7 after 90 minutes of play. José Pedro Simão recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the final whistle sounded REAL VASCO RIO left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Viver de Bet - FSCMZ.