League Play-Off

Estádio Ipero
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Adriano Moreira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rubinho Motta was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. In the 7th minute of the match Ipero got a corner. Nuputira's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Reynaldo Diniz ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Reynaldo Diniz got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Rubinho Motta quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Rubinho Motta didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 11th minute, which inside left pole to 1-0. In the 13th match minute, Ipero was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edmundo Vidal to maneuver through the defense. In the 16th match minute, Nuputira was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giuseppe Nogueira to maneuver through the defense. Dalmo Ortiz charged in rather forcefully in the 19th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dalmo Ortiz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Nuputira:s Rubinho Motta showed great skill when he stopped Reynaldo Diniz:s penalty. Rubinho Motta came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Ipero's Reynaldo Diniz. But to his dismay, Reynaldo Diniz quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. When Edmundo Vidal came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Ipero 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 Edmundo Vidal couldn't finish the play. Marcinho Carioca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vágner Trigo in the 27th minute of the match. In the 28th minute, Adriano Moreira reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rubinho Motta. The goal made the score 3-0. 33 minutes into the game, Edmundo Vidal recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rubinho Motta. Edmundo Vidal showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 4-0. Rubinho Motta made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Adriano Moreira in the 44th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-0.

If Adriano Moreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Edmundo Vidal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 57th minute. Rubinho Motta tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rubinho Motta showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Adriano Moreira in the 58th minute of the match. In the 60th minute, Nuputira's Benjamin Leal dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-1. In the 63rdth minute of the game Edmundo Vidal who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nuputira's Rubinho Motta was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 64 minutes into the game, one of Nuputira:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 65th minute there was a penalty for Ipero. Reynaldo Diniz stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rubinho Motta. 5-1. When Igor Jacinto fell near the penalty area in the 68th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Ipero's protests and gave Igor Jacinto a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Nuputira booed when Ipero was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Igor Jacinto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nuputira's Rubinho Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Moreira in the 73rd minute of play. If Edmundo Vidal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When Adriano Moreira came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Ipero 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 Adriano Moreira couldn't finish the play. Ipero's Adriano Moreira got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Nuputira's Rubinho Motta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adriano Moreira in the 94th minute of play. When the referee ended the match the Ipero players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.