League Play-Off

Crato
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Romário Cabral started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, Laranginha FC's Gilvan Mandrak got a free kick in the 3rd minute. After a rather tough play, Crato's João Paulo Mello got a free kick in the 5th minute. If Remo Rosa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 13 minutes, Gilvan Mandrak mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Laranginha FC and the Crato players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 14th minute, Gilvan Mandrak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. João Paulo Mello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gilvan Mandrak kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 21 minutes, João Paulo Mello took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Adalberto Toledo to make any attempt to save it. 25 minutes into the match, Laranginha FC's goal looked a bit too open when João Paulo Mello came free, but Adalberto Toledo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, João Paulo Mello managed to get in a good position for a shot. Crato's supporters rose to their feet, but João Paulo Mello was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Adalberto Toledo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 34th minute the ball was on its way in behind Laranginha FC's goalkeeper Adalberto Toledo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Romário Cabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Jacinto Negri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 45 minutes into the match, Laranginha FC's goalkeeper Adalberto Toledo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Remo Rosa. In the 46th minute João Paulo Mello shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Adalberto Toledo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the game, Lauro Andrade was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Laranginha FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Crato the free kick.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for João Paulo Mello to strike the kick off in the second half. If Vladimir de Medeiros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 52nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a defensive mix-up in Laranginha FC's zone, João Paulo Mello stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Adalberto Toledo came out of the goal and João Paulo Mello tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 70th minute the ball was on its way in behind Laranginha FC's goalkeeper Adalberto Toledo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 79 minutes into the game, João Paulo Mello cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Adalberto Toledo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jacinto Negri made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vladimir de Medeiros in the 83rd minute. Vladimir de Medeiros blasted a shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jacinto Negri having to make a save. Laranginha FC's Adalberto Toledo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by João Paulo Mello in the 97th minute of play.