League Play-Off

Estádio Pixo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Zé Roberto Paraense made an important save on a dangerous shot by Marco Ramalho in the 4th minute. Zé Roberto Paraense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Paulo Garcia, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. A collision led to Finlandia FC getting a freekick after 12 minutes play. Adrianinho Vinhas hit a great ball. Luiz Paulo Garcia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Marco Ramalho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 26th minute, Benê Teixeira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Murilo Meira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Rony Tinoco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nelson Santana kicked well hit freekick during the 29th minute of the match. 30 minutes into the match, Finlandia FC's Manolo Vianna broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Murilo Meira might have been able to make a better finish in the 32nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rony Tinoco. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Murilo Meira ran back to his position shaking his head. 34 minutes into the match, Finlandia FC's goalkeeper Zé Roberto Paraense had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marco Ramalho. Murilo Meira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Rony Tinoco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Murilo Meira notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Pixo SS's Rony Tinoco. Rony Tinoco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Ramalho in the 52nd minute of play forced Finlandia FC's goalkeeper Zé Roberto Paraense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 55 minutes had been played when some careless play by Finlandia FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Doni Silveira was slow to take the kick. During this time Pixo SS's players had a chance to rest. Finlandia FC's Zé Roberto Paraense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Paulo Garcia in the 56th minute of play. Luiz Paulo Garcia scored 1-1 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Zé Roberto Paraense, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Erivaldo Massa came up free with the goalie in the 66th minute, the Finlandia FC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Erivaldo Massa couldn't finish the play. The audience was convinced that Marco Ramalho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zé Roberto Paraense was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. Luiz Paulo Garcia's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Zé Roberto Paraense read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 70th minute of play. Zé Roberto Paraense didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marco Ramalho went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. In the 74th minute, João Augusto Mendes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Pixo SS's Rony Tinoco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erivaldo Massa in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Manolo Vianna hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Murilo Meira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rony Tinoco having to make a save. In the 90th minute, Luiz Paulo Garcia 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 94th minute, Luiz Paulo Garcia 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. When Reginaldo Guimarães fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Finlandia FC's protests and gave Reginaldo Guimarães a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Reginaldo Guimarães hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Ramalho struck a weak shot in the 97th minute. Zé Roberto Paraense didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pixo SS. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pixo SS fans cheered their team off the field, for while Finlandia FC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.