League Play-Off

Estádio Alegria
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Erivaldo Pinho made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute, Cacá Trancoso 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. Manolo Teles came out of the goal in the 5th minute to try and stop a shot by Bariry's Erivaldo Pinho. But to his dismay, Erivaldo Pinho quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. After having played for 17 minutes, Abel Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Bariry's supporters crossed their fingers, but Abel Moreno was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arí Coutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. José Maria Mello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 22 minutes, Abel Moreno mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bariry and the Alegria players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 22nd match minute, Bariry was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Moreno to maneuver through the defense. In the 23rd minute Vágner Aguiar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Mello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vágner Aguiar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. José Maria Mello made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Arí Coutinho sent off a good shot on target. 37 minutes into the match, Cacá Trancoso had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Manolo Teles. Alegria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cacá Trancoso was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. José Maria Mello made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Arí Coutinho sent off a good shot on target. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Vágner Aguiar to strike the kick off in the second half. José Maria Mello took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vágner Aguiar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Erivaldo Pinho took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Manolo Teles. Manolo Teles dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. 58 minutes into the match, Bariry's goal looked a bit too open when Vágner Aguiar came free, but José Maria Mello reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vágner Aguiar received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. José Maria Mello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 66th minute, Arí Coutinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. José Maria Mello was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. When Cacá Trancoso came up free with the goalie in the 70th minute, the Bariry 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 Cacá Trancoso couldn't finish the play. When Bariry's Erivaldo Pinho in the 72nd minute got a chance for a shot 72nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Alegria's goalie prevented a goal. Vágner Aguiar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without José Maria Mello having to interfere. Alegria's Vágner Aguiar got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Erivaldo Pinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Bariry's zone, Arí Coutinho stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. José Maria Mello came out of the goal and Arí Coutinho tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 93rd minute, Vágner Aguiar 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. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.