League Play-Off

Grupiara
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alexsandro Vianna made the kick off and thus started the match. Osvaldinho de Souza received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Benjamim Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Tome's Benjamim Medeiros got control of the ball when José Vítor de Barros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Benjamim Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Délio Rocha, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guilherme de Mendonça took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexsandro Vianna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Vítor de Barross short, quick shot in the 20thth minute got Benjamim Medeiros to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 22nd minute of the match Sabino Maranhense sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Guilherme de Mendonça skillfully saved the ball. Guilherme de Mendonça didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Tome's Bruno Batista shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-1 in the ordered_time% minute. Bruno Batista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Délio Rocha fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benjamim Medeiros having to interfere. Arnaldo Costa's late challenge caught a Grupiara's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arnaldo Costa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Tome's Arnaldo Costa got a free kick in the 36th minute. After 37 minutes of play, Grupiara's Délio Rocha made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Benjamim Medeiros was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 42nd minute, Osvaldinho de Souza hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Guilherme de Mendonça made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alexsandro Vianna in the 43rd minute of play. Alexsandro Vianna scored 1-2 in the 48th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Guilherme de Mendonça, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The Grupiara players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Tome were winning 1-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Délio Rocha stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a defensive mix-up in Tome's zone, José Vítor de Barros stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Benjamim Medeiros came out of the goal and José Vítor de Barros tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guilherme de Mendonça showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexsandro Vianna, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. 62 minutes into the match, Alexsandro Vianna had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Guilherme de Mendonça. Grupiara's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alexsandro Vianna was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Bruno Batista succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-4 in the 70th playminute. In the 76th minute the ball was on its way in behind Grupiara's goalkeeper Guilherme de Mendonça, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. If Alexsandro Vianna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 78th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bruno Batista could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 81st minute of the match, but Guilherme de Mendonça made a huge save. Arí Fantini kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. After some careless play in the Grupiara defense, Alexsandro Vianna kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Guilherme de Mendonça. The Grupiara fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Guilherme de Mendonça should have stopped the shot. If Délio Rocha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Délio Rocha in the 89th minute of play forced Tome's goalkeeper Benjamim Medeiros to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tome's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.