League Play-Off

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Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) César Castro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd match minute, Ibirapua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilian Coutinho to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 4 minutes, César Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. LocoPub FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but César Castro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Geovanni Alcântara was out of position in the 6 minute of play, and Giuseppe Cosme capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Giuseppe Cosme really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. Stefanos Sioufas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elias Romero in the 11th minute of the match. After 19 minutes of play, Ibirapua's Elias Romero made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Stefanos Sioufas was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute Elias Romero shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stefanos Sioufas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patrício Gonçalves in the 26th minute of play forced LocoPub FC's goalkeeper Stefanos Sioufas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ibirapua's Elias Romero got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 44 minutes, Amancio Caitano mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LocoPub FC and the Ibirapua players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 44th minute, Amancio Caitano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

If César Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilian Coutinho was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 52 minutes into the match. Wilian Coutinho hit a great freekick 53 minutes into the match. 55 minutes into the match, César Castro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Geovanni Alcântara. Ibirapua's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that César Castro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. If Elias Romero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 59th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Geovanni Alcântara took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Amancio Caitano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, César Castro managed to get in a good position for a shot. LocoPub FC's supporters rose to their feet, but César Castro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Geovanni Alcântara breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling César Castro in the 67th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Geovanni Alcântara prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 68th minute, Amancio Caitano made a precise shot to the right of Geovanni Alcântara. Ibirapua's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-2. César Castro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Geovanni Alcântara having to interfere. Nilson Faria's late challenge caught a Ibirapua's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nilson Faria helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Ibirapua booed when LocoPub FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilson Faria didn't get a good kick on the ball. Geovanni Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from César Castro in the 84th minute of the match. Elias Romero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefanos Sioufas having to interfere. Geovanni Alcântara made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from César Castro in the 92nd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Edmílson Albuquerque 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. For all the effort they put into the match, the Ibirapua players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for LocoPub FC.