League Play-Off

Estádio Manhumirim
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ramón Cavalcante started the match with the kick off. An unexpected shot in the 4th minute by Valdo Sampaio got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 8th minute, Mulekes FC's Ramón Cavalcante ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Henrique Neves. Henrique Neves yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. After 12 minutes, Vitório de Alcântara mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mulekes FC and the Icaicara players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 13 played minutes Mulekes FC got a freekick which was hit by Vitório de Alcântara. Tostão Queiroz in the 17thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Henrique Neves, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 22nd minute Luís Fábio Queiroz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrique Neves saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kauan Terra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Geovânio de Barros in the 27th minute of the match. Luís Fábio Queiroz's late challenge caught a Icaicara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luís Fábio Queiroz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 30th minute, Luís Fábio Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Icaicara's Henrique Neves proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Icaicara from getting a goal against them. Henrique Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luís Fábio Queiroz in the 35th minute of play. A collision led to Icaicara getting a freekick after 36 minutes play. Geovânio de Barros hit a great ball. Kauan Terra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Geovânio de Barros, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ramón Cavalcante sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 42nd minute, Pedro Furlan 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. In the 44th minute, Tostão Queiroz 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. Luís Fábio Queiroz blasted a shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Henrique Neves having to make a save. Luís Fábio Queiroz might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Henrique Neves. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Luís Fábio Queiroz ran back to his position shaking his head. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Valdo Sampaio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Henrique Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Geovânio de Barros could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 55th minute of the match, but Kauan Terra made a huge save. Mulekes FC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 60th minute, when Geovânio de Barros scored to the left of an out of position Kauan Terra, making the score, 1-1. Henrique Neves didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ramón Cavalcante went, in the 67th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Henrique Neves took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Felippe Vieira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Henrique Neves made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tostão Queiroz in the 74th minute of play. Luís Fábio Queiroz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Neves having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by João Vítor Brito during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Icaicara getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. João Vítor Brito hit a great ball. Tostão Queiroz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Neves having to interfere. Kauan Terra made a fantastic save in the 88th minute, when Geovânio de Barros sent off a good shot on target. Vitório de Alcântara took the ball and in the 90 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Henrique Neves. Henrique Neves dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-1. If Ramón Cavalcante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 94th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There was no doubt that Mulekes FC were the better team. Mulekes FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.