League Play-Off

Canarana
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Arron Bado started the match with the kick off. A collision led to Alexandrina AD getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. José Carlos Marinho hit a great ball. Roberto Ribeiro hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Alexandrina AD's zone, Grisha Mushanov stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christiano Baiano came out of the goal and Grisha Mushanov tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arron Bado scored 1-0 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Christiano Baiano, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Grisha Mushanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Christiano Baiano was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. In the 18th match minute, Alexandrina AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Paulão Goiano to maneuver through the defense. Luciano Maranhense shot from long distance in the 20th minute, but Christiano Baiano was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. In the 28th minute, Sílvio Luís de Amaral made a precise shot to the right of Inácio Melo. Canarana's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. In the 31st match minute, Alexandrina AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dário Trancoso to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Grisha Mushanov got free with Christiano Baiano in the 38th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a defensive mix-up in Canarana's zone, José Carlos Marinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Inácio Melo came out of the goal and José Carlos Marinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Inácio Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José Carlos Marinho, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sílvio Luís de Amaral stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 minutes of play, Canarana's Cipriano Diniz made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Christiano Baiano was left in no man's land by his defense there! 54 minutes into the match, Grisha Mushanov notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Alexandrina AD's Christiano Baiano. Christiano Baiano was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Arron Bado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christiano Baiano having to interfere. Christiano Baiano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Grisha Mushanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After 59 played minutes Alexandrina AD got a freekick which was hit by Tony Rosado. After having played for 63 minutes, Grisha Mushanov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Canarana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Grisha Mushanov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Inácio Melo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hélio Barreto in the 67th minute of the match. Christiano Baiano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Grisha Mushanov in the 68th minute of play. The Canarana fans' excitement grew in the 69th match minute when Canarana's Arron Bado looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Luís de Amaral in the 73rd minute of play forced Canarana's goalkeeper Inácio Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, Canarana's goal looked a bit too open when Sílvio Luís de Amaral came free, but Inácio Melo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Inácio Melo was a little too slow when Sílvio Luís de Amaral got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 77th minute. The score was now 5-2. Alexandrina AD's Christiano Baiano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Grisha Mushanov in the 83rd minute of play. 84 minutes into the game, Arron Bado cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-2. Christiano Baiano was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 87th match minute, Canarana was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cipriano Diniz to maneuver through the defense. When Arron Bado came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Canarana 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 Arron Bado couldn't finish the play. 93 minutes into the game, José Carlos Marinho was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Alexandrina AD's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Canarana the free kick. The supporters of Canarana booed when Alexandrina AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. José Carlos Marinho didn't get a good kick on the ball. There was no doubt that Canarana were the better team. Canarana's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.