League Play-Off

Fordlandia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedrinho Paiva took the kick off in the first half of the match. José Carlos Munhoz made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Gualter Esteves sent off a good shot on target. Ibiassuce EC's José Carlos Munhoz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedrinho Paiva in the 10th minute of play. Sandrinho Martins didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tadeu Trevisan went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Gualter Esteves took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised José Carlos Munhoz. José Carlos Munhoz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. After 21 minutes of play, Ibiassuce EC's Marcelinho Carioca made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sandrinho Martins was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alexandre Velasco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jerônimo Aparecido during the 27th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 28th minute, Kiko Cardozo 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. José Carlos Munhoz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedrinho Paiva in the 30th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcelinho Carioca in the 32nd minute of play forced Fordlandia's goalkeeper Sandrinho Martins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcelinho Carioca in the 36th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Sandrinho Martins prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ibiassuce EC's Tadeu Trevisan got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Fordlandia's Benjamin Lira dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. After having played for 42 minutes, Tadeu Trevisan managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Ibiassuce EC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Tadeu Trevisan was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedrinho Paiva in the 45th minute of play forced Ibiassuce EC's goalkeeper José Carlos Munhoz to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Ibiassuce EC's goalkeeper José Carlos Munhoz had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Gualter Esteves. 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.

In the 51st minute Gualter Esteves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Carlos Munhoz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Carlos Munhoz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benjamin Lira, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Marcelinho Carioca fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sandrinho Martins having to interfere. In the 62nd minute Benjamin Lira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Carlos Munhoz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. José Carlos Munhoz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Pedrinho Paiva in the 63rd minute of play. Gualter Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 73rd minute Fordlandia were awarded a corner. Kiko Cardozo went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Kiko Cardozo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this José Carlos Munhoz quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Sandrinho Martins made a fantastic save in the 75th minute, when Alexandre Velasco sent off a good shot on target. In the 76th minute Gualter Esteves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Carlos Munhoz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 83rd play minutes Marcelinho Carioca shot 3-3, a short shot which went by Sandrinho Martins and just under the crossbar into goal. After 86th play minutes Gualter Esteves shot 4-3, a short shot which went by José Carlos Munhoz and just under the crossbar into goal. Pedrinho Paiva hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Fordlandia's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.