League Play-Off

Estádio Bitaculo
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Bebeto Meirelles got the match started through his kick off. Rubinho Recife stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Perivaldo Hoffmann's shot from short distance in the 4th minute. A collision led to Bitaculo getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Fiori Batista hit a great ball. Luís Fábio Sá charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luís Fábio Sá the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Pacotuba's Luís Fábio Sá got a free kick in the 6th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bebeto Meirelles in the 9th minute of play forced Pacotuba's goalkeeper Ronaldão Abraão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 13 minutes into the match, Bitaculo's goal looked a bit too open when Alexsandro Mattos came free, but Rubinho Recife reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Bitaculo getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Claudinei Ribeiro hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Perivaldo Hoffmann in the 22nd minute of play forced Bitaculo's goalkeeper Rubinho Recife to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Alexsandro Mattos's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rubinho Recife was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 25th minute, Perivaldo Hoffmann managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pacotuba's supporters rose to their feet, but Perivaldo Hoffmann was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rubinho Recife breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 33rd minute, Perivaldo Hoffmann 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. Perivaldo Hoffmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rubinho Recife having to interfere. Perivaldo Hoffmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Alexsandro Mattos stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Gilvan Sabóia received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Ronaldão Abraão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 59 minutes into the match, Bitaculo's goalkeeper Rubinho Recife had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Perivaldo Hoffmann. Perivaldo Hoffmann fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rubinho Recife having to interfere. Ronaldão Abraão made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gilvan Sabóia in the 63rd minute of play. Bebeto Meirelles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Ronaldão Abraão tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Roberto Toledo's late challenge caught a Bitaculo's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roberto Toledo helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Bitaculo booed when Pacotuba was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 73 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Toledo didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bitaculo were awarded a corner in the 76th minute after Pacotuba's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Chico Abreu took the corner. After a rather tough play, Pacotuba's Adalberto Queirós got a free kick in the 78th minute. When Bebeto Meirelles came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Bitaculo 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 Bebeto Meirelles couldn't finish the play. Gilvan Sabóia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Roberto Toledo got his second yellow card in the match during the 88th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 89 played minutes Pacotuba got a freekick which was hit by Roberto Toledo. If Gilvan Sabóia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 91st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 94 minutes into the match, Pacotuba's goal looked a bit too open when Bebeto Meirelles came free, but Ronaldão Abraão reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.