League Play-Off

Garajuba
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Garajuba AD's Armandinho Ribeiro started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Oswaldo Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Samuel Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nilmar Mota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexandre da Cunha in the 7th minute of play. With an all-out effort, Garajuba AD's Marquinhos de Medeiros threw himself towards the right post 8 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Armandinho Ribeiro, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Oswaldo Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 15th match minute, Garajuba AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Glauco Souza to maneuver through the defense. Samuel Gaspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Nilmar Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nilmar Mota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandre da Cunha in the 17th minute of the match. Nilmar Mota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mauro Nóbrega in the 19th minute of the match. If Samuel Gaspar had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Glauco Souza fell near the penalty area in the 23rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Garajuba AD's protests and gave Glauco Souza a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Garajuba AD's Glauco Souza got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 30th minute Alexandre da Cunha shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nilmar Mota saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 33rd minute, Samuel Gaspar ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nilmar Mota was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Samuel Gaspar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilmar Mota having to interfere. Antônio Carlos Soeiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 44th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marquinhos de Medeiros. Real Position's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. If Alexandre da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mauro Nóbrega fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nilmar Mota having to interfere. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Nilmar Mota made a fantastic save in the 56th minute, when Alexandre da Cunha sent off a good shot on target. 0-3 became the score in the 61st minute when Alexandre da Cunha elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 64 minutes, Alex Mesquita mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Garajuba AD and the Real Position players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 64th minute, Alex Mesquita hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nilmar Mota made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Samuel Gaspar in the 67th minute of play. Nilmar Mota took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Samuel Gaspar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Alexandre da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alexandre da Cunha in the 74th minute of play forced Garajuba AD's goalkeeper Nilmar Mota to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Samuel Gaspar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Nilmar Mota tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alexandre da Cunha in the 76thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Nilmar Mota, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nilmar Mota showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Samuel Gaspar in the 78th minute of the match. A hard shot 79 in the game by Alexandre da Cunha from a close distance when the talented Nilmar Mota managed to make a qualified save. Garajuba AD's players were relieved. An unexpectedly hard shot by Samuel Gaspar in the 80th minute of play forced Garajuba AD's goalkeeper Nilmar Mota to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 80 minutes into the match, Samuel Gaspar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nilmar Mota. Garajuba AD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Samuel Gaspar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 83rd minute, Mauro Nóbrega hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Through an outstanding action, after 86 minutes, Nilmar Mota successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Samuel Gaspar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 96th minute, Armandinho Ribeiro left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Garajuba AD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. When the match was over Real Position could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Garajuba AD throughout the match.