League Play-Off

Estádio Cunhas
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) SER Renascença's Paulão Miranda 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. After a defensive mix-up in Mosquito's zone, Andrézinho de Amorim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horácio Motta came out of the goal and Andrézinho de Amorim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Mosquito's zone, Andrézinho de Amorim stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horácio Motta came out of the goal and Andrézinho de Amorim tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mosquito's Horácio Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paulão Miranda in the 9th minute of play. Otávio Veloso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Váldson Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 19 minutes into the match, Mosquito's goalkeeper Horácio Motta had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Andrézinho de Amorim. 22 minutes into the match, Paulão Miranda had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Horácio Motta. Mosquito's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Paulão Miranda was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. Váldson Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Salles, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. Horácio Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Paulão Miranda in the 32nd minute of play. Váldson Duarte showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Otávio Veloso, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Mosquito's zone, Paulão Miranda stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Horácio Motta came out of the goal and Paulão Miranda tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 41 minutes had been played when some careless play by SER Renascença's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Pedrinho Penha was slow to take the kick. During this time Mosquito's players had a chance to rest. Andrézinho de Amorim's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Horácio Motta firmly grabbed it by the left post. Andrézinho de Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Horácio Motta having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

56 minutes into the game, Andrézinho de Amorim cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Horácio Motta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Horácio Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paulão Miranda in the 60th minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, André Montenegro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Andrézinho de Amorim in the 65th minute of play forced Mosquito's goalkeeper Horácio Motta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, SER Renascença's Sandrinho Teixeira got a free kick in the 67th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danilo Couto got free with Váldson Duarte in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 69th match minute, Mosquito was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pedrinho Penha to maneuver through the defense. In the 70th minute, Paulão Miranda left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The SER Renascença fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. After 88 minutes SER Renascença's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Pedrinho Penha who took care of the corner kick. Pedrinho Penha made a great header on Mosquito's corner, it was just that SER Renascença's Váldson Duarte managed to reach the ball for a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Danilo Couto got free with Váldson Duarte in the 95th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Danilo Couto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Váldson Duarte tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.