League Play-Off

Juarez
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Romeu Jacinto's late challenge caught a Guarda FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Romeu Jacinto helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Guarda FC booed when Juarez EC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Romeu Jacinto didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 5th minute Nilmar Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias de Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bruno Cardozo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zacarias de Castro having to interfere. Bruno Cardozo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 13th match minute, Juarez EC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romeu Jacinto to maneuver through the defense. Bruno Cardozo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Zacarias de Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Bruno Cardozo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guarda FC's Zé Augusto Machado proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 22nd minute of the match, managed to save Guarda FC from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Bruno Cardozo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zacarias de Castro was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. Joélson Cabral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd rose to their feet as Juarez EC's Luiz Paulo Xavier slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Zé Augusto Machado. That made the score 1-0 after 31 minutes of play. Zé Augusto Machado showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Paulo Xavier, who was totally free with the ball in the 37th minute. Digo Ramalho kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Luiz Fábio Gonçalves missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 40 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Zé Augusto Machado right hand side. Luiz Paulo Xavier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Nilmar Valadares in the 45th minute of play forced Juarez EC's goalkeeper Zacarias de Castro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 47 minutes into the game, Guarda FC's Nilmar Valadares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zacarias de Castro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The supporters of Juarez EC booed when Guarda FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cesinha Abreu didn't get a good kick on the ball. 57 minutes into the game, Guarda FC's Bruno Cardozo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zacarias de Castro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. In the 60th minute Luiz Paulo Xavier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Augusto Machado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Luiz Paulo Xavier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Nilmar Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Guarda FC's Zé Augusto Machado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luiz Paulo Xavier in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Bruno Cardozo made a precise shot to the right of Zacarias de Castro. Juarez EC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. 78 minutes into the match, Luiz Paulo Xavier notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Guarda FC's Zé Augusto Machado. Zé Augusto Machado was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 83 minutes into the match, Juarez EC's goal looked a bit too open when Nilmar Valadares came free, but Zacarias de Castro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luiz Fábio Gonçalves took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 86th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Zé Augusto Machado. Guarda FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 89th minute Joélson Cabral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zé Augusto Machado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd minute Nilmar Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias de Castro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Luiz Paulo Xavier had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Guarda FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.