League Play-Off

Lavoura
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Kauã Teles took the kick off in the first half of the match. Renan Meirelles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 4th minute. Emerson Fernandez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emerson Fernandez showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Falcão da Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. The audience was convinced that Renan Meirelles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Emerson Fernandez was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. If Falcão da Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 23rd minute the ball was on its way in behind SaoPedro's goalkeeper Vânderson Silva, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After having played for 24 minutes, Falcão da Cunha managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. SaoPedro's supporters crossed their fingers, but Falcão da Cunha was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 26 minutes into the match, Falcão da Cunha had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Emerson Fernandez. Lavoura's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Falcão da Cunha was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. Renan Meirelles recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 30th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. SaoPedro's Falcão da Cunha got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 33rd match minute, Lavoura was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Charles Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kauã Teles in the 46th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Vânderson Silva prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Emerson Fernandez made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Renan Meirelles in the 47th minute of play. After the first half SaoPedro were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Renan Meirelles made the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, SaoPedro's goal looked a bit too open when Dadá da Mata came free, but Vânderson Silva reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The long shot by Carlos Augusto Baiano in the 54th minute really tested Emerson Fernandez's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When Kauã Teles came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Lavoura 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 Kauã Teles couldn't finish the play. Vânderson Silva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kauã Teles in the 64th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Lavoura's zone, Renan Meirelles stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Emerson Fernandez came out of the goal and Renan Meirelles tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kauã Teles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vânderson Silva having to interfere. Kauã Teles scored 1-2 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vânderson Silva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. With his leg Emerson Fernandez managed to avoid a goal in the 78thth minute, when SaoPedro's Falcão da Cunha fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Falcão da Cunha kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 80thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Lavoura's keeper Emerson Fernandez was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Charles Corrêa kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. SaoPedro's Falcão da Cunha got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Emerson Fernandez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renan Meirelles in the 88th minute of the match. The Lavoura fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. SaoPedro were clearly better and deserved to take the win.