League Play-Off

Teatro dos Sonhos
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Braz's Frédson Koehler started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. A collision led to Braz getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Maurício Gomes hit a great ball. In the 8th minute, Maurício Gomes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arthur Prata fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Germano Brasil having to interfere. After a rather tough play, 150 Bpm's Glauco Castro got a free kick in the 13th minute. Arthur Prata received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Germano Brasil came out and tried to block the shot, but Arthur Prata slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 17th minute. After 22 minutes of play, Braz's Maurício Gomes made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Keefer Staworowski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Frédson Koehler fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Keefer Staworowski having to interfere. With a little luck, Braz's Germano Brasil got control of the ball when Glauco Castro tried to sneak it across the goal line. Arthur Prata received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 34th minute. Germano Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Keefer Staworowski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Frédson Koehler in the 37th minute of the match. Arthur Prata recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Davi Freire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Germano Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Davi Freire had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

After some fancy dribbling in the 55th minute, Hudson Furlan managed to get in a good position for a shot. 150 Bpm's supporters rose to their feet, but Hudson Furlan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Germano Brasil breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of 150 Bpm booed when Braz was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gláuber Mello didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arthur Prata might have been able to make a better finish in the 68th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Germano Brasil. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Arthur Prata ran back to his position shaking his head. Keefer Staworowski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gláuber Mello, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. When Arthur Prata came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the 150 Bpm 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 Arthur Prata couldn't finish the play. Gualter Fraga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Germano Brasil tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77thth minute of the game Arthur Prata who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Braz's Germano Brasil was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Gláuber Mello fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Braz's protests and gave Gláuber Mello a yellow card for diving instead. Gláuber Mello hit a great freekick 80 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Arthur Prata's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Germano Brasil was relentless in the 85th minute of the game. Keefer Staworowski made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Maurício Gomes sent off a good shot on target. In the 96th minute the ball was on its way in behind Braz's goalkeeper Germano Brasil, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 150 Bpm were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.