League Play-Off

Hawks Arena
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Dinei Costa kicked off to start the match. With a little luck, Benevolencia EC's Hamílton Neves got control of the ball when Jairo de Salles tried to sneak it across the goal line. Jairo de Salles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Albertinho Donatello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Mangueira in the 6th minute of play. Carlos Fernando Cardozo hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Hamílton Neves made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Jairo de Salles sent off a good shot on target. Válter Mandrak kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Hamílton Neves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jairo de Salles in the 12th minute. Válter Mandrak's late challenge caught a Black Hawks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Válter Mandrak helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th minute, Válter Mandrak hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 20th minute, Teodoro do Vale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Genílson de Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Albertinho Donatello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jairo de Salles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 24th minute of the match, but Hamílton Neves made a huge save. Enrique de Amorim's late challenge caught a Black Hawks's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Enrique de Amorim helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Benevolencia EC getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Enrique de Amorim hit a great ball. Black Hawks's Albertinho Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Genílson de Brito in the 34th minute of play. Black Hawks's Dinei Costa got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alex Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertinho Donatello having to interfere. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Jairo de Salles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Hamílton Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Alex Mangueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Albertinho Donatello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dinei Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Hamílton Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dinei Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dinei Costa in the 67th minute of play forced Benevolencia EC's goalkeeper Hamílton Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alex Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albertinho Donatello having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 77th minute, Dinei Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot. Black Hawks's supporters rose to their feet, but Dinei Costa was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hamílton Neves breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute Alex Mangueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Albertinho Donatello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hamílton Neves showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jairo de Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 84th minute. 86 minutes into the game, Dinei Costa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Hamílton Neves was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet as Alex Mangueira kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Albertinho Donatello. That made the score 2-1 in the 96 minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Black Hawks players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.