League Play-Off

Estádio Estrias
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Leonel Ramalho got the match started through his kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Oséas Botelho got free with Vicente Fantini in the 6th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dorival Santos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Torres in the 8th minute of the match. Oséas Botelho hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. The Servo fans' excitement grew in the 15th match minute when Servo's Leonel Ramalho 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 0-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. José Carlos Santos's late challenge caught a Estrias's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. José Carlos Santos helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Servo getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. José Carlos Santos hit a great ball. A hard shot by Willian Moreira from long distance, 21 minutes into the match, got Vicente Fantini's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. A collision led to Estrias getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Paulinho Aguiar hit a great ball. In the 28th minute, Oséas Botelho fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Servo's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Erasmo Esteves 28 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-1. Dorival Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afonso Torres, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leonel Ramalho in the 35th minute of play forced Estrias's goalkeeper Dorival Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After having played for 38 minutes, Oséas Botelho managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estrias's supporters crossed their fingers, but Oséas Botelho was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. 41 minutes into the match, Estrias's Erasmo Esteves sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vicente Fantini narrowly saved just below the crossbar. During the 42nd minute of the match José Carlos Santos completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave José Carlos Santos a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Conrado Azevedo hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Erasmo Esteves stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Olavo Magalhães's late challenge caught a Estrias's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Olavo Magalhães helped the player get up and apologised. Olavo Magalhães hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. If Oséas Botelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Erasmo Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Vicente Fantini showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juarês Abreu in the 70th minute of the match. Olavo Magalhães hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Afonso Torres sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Erasmo Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Vicente Fantini tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dorival Santos made an important save on a dangerous shot by Afonso Torres in the 90th minute. 96 minutes into the game, one of Servo:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 98th minute there was a penalty for Estrias. Willian Moreira stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Vicente Fantini. 3-1.