League Play-Off

Humayta
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jefferson Paes started the match with the kick off. Geovanni Trigo's late challenge caught a Humayta AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Geovanni Trigo helped the player get up and apologised. After 3 played minutes Pelego got a freekick which was hit by Geovanni Trigo. Humayta AD's Franklin Bezerra got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jefferson Paes in the 6th minute of play forced Humayta AD's goalkeeper Kléber Melo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Geovanni Trigo struck a weak shot in the 10th minute. Kléber Melo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Pelego. The crowd rose to their feet as Valdo Freire kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jefferson Secco. That made the score 1-1 in the 19 minute of play. Valdo Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jano Santos hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Pelego's zone, Valdo Freire stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jefferson Secco came out of the goal and Valdo Freire tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 43rd minute, Geovanni Trigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Valdo Freire received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Jefferson Secco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute, Geovanni Trigo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 48th minute Humayta AD were awarded a corner. Luciano Almeida went to the cornerflag to take it. After taking down the ball on Humayta AD's corner Luciano Almeida fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Jefferson Secco quite easily take care of the ball. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The corner led Humayta AD's Natanael Campidelis to fire away a dangerous shot which Jefferson Secco despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Kléber Melo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geovanni Trigo, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. In the 60th minute, Sílvio Luiz de Almeida ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kléber Melo was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. After having played for 66 minutes, Valdo Freire managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Humayta AD's supporters crossed their fingers, but Valdo Freire was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Kléber Melo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sílvio Luiz de Almeida in the 78th minute. In the 81st minute, Franklin Bezerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Humayta AD fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. After a rather tough play, Pelego's Benjamin Nunes got a free kick in the 84th minute. Franklin Bezerra scored 3-2 in the 90th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jefferson Secco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jefferson Secco didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Valdo Freire went, in the 93rd minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. Jefferson Paes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kléber Melo having to interfere. For all the effort they put into the match, the Pelego players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Humayta AD.