League Play-Off

Londrina
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rodriguinho de Sena started the match with the kick off. Elivélton Mendonça fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gláuber Ortiz having to interfere. Rodriguinho de Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 8th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ciro de Amaral kicked well hit freekick during the 9th minute of the match. Rodriguinho de Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 14th minute, Túlio Prestes fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Ronaldão Saraiva, passed just outside the right post. After 19 played minutes Olarias got a freekick which was hit by Percy Matorin. A collision led to Londrina SC getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Túlio Prestes hit a great ball. An unexpected shot in the 28th minute by Túlio Prestes got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The supporters of Olarias booed when Londrina SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ciro de Amaral didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Olarias getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Samuca de Souza hit a great ball. Rodriguinho de Sena blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gláuber Ortiz having to make a save. Rodriguinho de Sena sent away a hard shot on goal in the 45th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Túlio Prestes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Túlio Prestes notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Olarias's Ronaldão Saraiva. Ronaldão Saraiva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Ronaldão Saraiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Breno Pinho in the 57th minute of the match. In the 58thth minute of the game Túlio Prestes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Olarias's Ronaldão Saraiva was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. When Tiaguinho Soeiro fell near the penalty area in the 65th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Londrina SC's protests and gave Tiaguinho Soeiro a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Olarias booed when Londrina SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tiaguinho Soeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dráuzio Negri's late challenge caught a Olarias's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dráuzio Negri helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Londrina SC's Dráuzio Negri got a free kick in the 67th minute. In the 68th minute of the match Silvério Garcia sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Gláuber Ortiz skillfully saved the ball. In the 70th minute, Rodriguinho de Sena 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. Breno Pinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Ronaldão Saraiva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elivélton Mendonça scored 1-2 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gláuber Ortiz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ciro de Amaral sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 79th minute Ciro de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ronaldão Saraiva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Breno Pinho might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Ronaldão Saraiva. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Breno Pinho ran back to his position shaking his head. Ronaldão Saraiva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Túlio Prestes in the 84th minute of play. Ronaldão Saraiva showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Breno Pinho in the 85th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the game, one of Olarias:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. If Túlio Prestes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Olarias walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.