League Play-Off

Estádio Abel
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Luís Paulo Paiva made the kick off which started today's match. Hugo Alvarenga hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. In the 7th minute, Valdir Pimenta hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustão Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renan Costa, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcelo Linares got free with Percy Jacinto in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Juan Salgado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Faustão Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Percy Jacinto stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Luís Paulo Paiva's shot from short distance in the 26th minute. Renan Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 33rd minute, Granja's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Marcelo Linares fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Faustão Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Salgado in the 35th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Abel SS's zone, Renan Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faustão Azevedo came out of the goal and Renan Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Juan Salgado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marcelo Linares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Juan Salgado to strike the kick off in the second half. Marcelo Linares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Faustão Azevedo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Juan Salgado, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. In the 60th minute, Flávio Freitas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Faustão Azevedo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juan Salgado in the 62nd minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in Abel SS's zone, Renan Costa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Faustão Azevedo came out of the goal and Renan Costa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 70 played minutes Abel SS got a freekick which was hit by Luís Paulo Paiva. Faustão Azevedo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Renan Costa in the 73rd minute. After having played for 74 minutes, Renan Costa managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Granja's supporters crossed their fingers, but Renan Costa was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Renan Costa received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Faustão Azevedo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Percy Jacinto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Paulo Paiva in the 87th minute of the match. A collision led to Granja getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. David Matos hit a great ball. Percy Jacinto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marcelo Linares, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Luís Paulo Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Percy Jacinto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Granja players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented Abel SS from taking control. The game ends in a draw.