League Play-Off

Mirassol
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Paulo Berger got the match started through his kick off. Luiz Guilherme de Laras short, quick shot in the 6thth minute got Natã Romero to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Jirua's Natã Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Jirua from getting a goal against them. 16 minutes into the match, Mirassol FC's Luiz Fábio Correia sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Natã Romero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Jirua's Celso Cardozo got a free kick in the 16th minute. In the 18th minute of the game, Carlos Eduardo Garcia landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. When Adrianinho Catarinense fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Jirua's protests and gave Adrianinho Catarinense a yellow card for diving instead. In the 18th match minute, Jirua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Adrianinho Catarinense to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Adrianinho Catarinense 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. If Paulo Berger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Natã Romero made a fantastic save in the 35th minute, when Luiz Guilherme de Lara sent off a good shot on target. If Paulo Berger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adrianinho Catarinense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without William Maia having to interfere. Luiz Fábio Correia charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Luiz Fábio Correia the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Luiz Fábio Correia kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Luiz Guilherme de Lara to make the kick off. The audience was convinced that Artur de Queirós's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natã Romero was relentless in the 54th minute of the game. Luiz Guilherme de Lara scored 1-0 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Natã Romero, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 60 minutes, Hugo Pinho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mirassol FC and the Jirua players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Mirassol FC's Hugo Pinho got a free kick in the 60th minute. Mirassol FC's Luiz Guilherme de Lara got a good chance for a goal in the 63rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paulo Berger received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. William Maia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 74 minutes into the game, Artur de Queirós was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Mirassol FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Jirua the free kick. Paulo Berger fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without William Maia having to interfere. In the 77th match minute, Jirua was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabiano Andrade to maneuver through the defense. Betão Mumbach hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 86 minutes into the match, Mirassol FC's goalkeeper William Maia had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Adrianinho Catarinense. If Paulo Berger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 91 played minutes Mirassol FC got a freekick which was hit by Chicão Toscano. Mirassol FC were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Jirua for a fine match.