League Play-Off

Estádio Jimirim
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Walmir Cabral took the kick off in the first half of the match. Vágner Azevedo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Guilherme Lopes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Guilherme Lopes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cícero Ferreira, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. In the 11th minute Naldo Peres shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vivaldo Vergílio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Guilherme Lopes made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vágner Azevedo in the 12th minute. If Walmir Cabral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walmir Cabral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Vivaldo Vergílio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Walmir Cabral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 30th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vivaldo Vergílio having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Naldo Peres's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vivaldo Vergílio was relentless in the 38th minute of the game. Vivaldo Vergílio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Naldo Peres in the 40th minute of play. If Walmir Cabral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After having played for 44 minutes, Walmir Cabral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Itacava's supporters crossed their fingers, but Walmir Cabral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jimirim SC's Vivaldo Vergílio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Naldo Peres in the 46th minute of play. In the 48th minute, Walmir Cabral left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Itacava fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cícero Ferreira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When Cícero Ferreira came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Jimirim SC 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 Cícero Ferreira couldn't finish the play. Guilherme Lopes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cícero Ferreira, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee felt a red card was in order, 60 minutes into the game, when Kléber Magalhães put in a rough tackle. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 60th minute of the game. One of Itacava:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Jimirim SC:s goal. If Cícero Ferreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vágner Azevedo in the 68th minute of play forced Itacava's goalkeeper Guilherme Lopes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Naldo Peres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Virgílio Quintal fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vivaldo Vergílio having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Naldo Peres 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Adrianinho Pirani in the 75th minute of play forced Jimirim SC's goalkeeper Vivaldo Vergílio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Silas Rocha made a great header on Itacava's corner, it was just that Jimirim SC's Vivaldo Vergílio managed to reach the ball for a save. Guilherme Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cícero Ferreira in the 80th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Adrianinho Pirani during the 81st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adrianinho Pirani kicked well hit freekick during the 81st minute of the match. After some careless play in the Itacava defense, Cícero Ferreira kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guilherme Lopes. The Itacava fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guilherme Lopes should have stopped the shot. The supporters of Itacava booed when Jimirim SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 85 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dino Neiva didn't get a good kick on the ball. Guilherme Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cícero Ferreira in the 91st minute of play. In the 93rd match minute, Jimirim SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmundo Marinho to maneuver through the defense.