League Play-Off

Estádio Brilhantina
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Marcos Lara took the kick off in the first half of the match. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Marcos Lara in the 6th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Cauan Simões prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Marcos Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Cauan Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Bitumirim's Ricardinho Figueiredo got a free kick in the 8th minute. In the 10th minute Elias Garcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zacarias Gomes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 11th minute, Juninho Loyola hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cauan Simões made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcos Lara in the 17th minute of play. In the 19th minute of the match, Marcos Lara tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Cauan Simões saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. With a little luck, Bitumirim's Cauan Simões got control of the ball when Percival de Medeiros tried to sneak it across the goal line. Marcos Lara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Cauan Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 30 minutes, Silvério Mineiro mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bitumirim and the Brilhantina players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 30th minute, Silvério Mineiro hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cauan Simões made an important save on a dangerous shot by Percival de Medeiros in the 34th minute. Silvério Mineiro kicked well hit freekick during the 35th minute of the match. After having played for 44 minutes, Marcos Lara managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Brilhantina's supporters crossed their fingers, but Marcos Lara was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of Brilhantina booed when Bitumirim was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ricardinho Figueiredo didn't get a good kick on the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Elias Garcia was the one to do the kick off. Percival de Medeiros received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Cauan Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 65th match minute, Brilhantina was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Haroldo Jacinto to maneuver through the defense. Cauan Simões came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by Brilhantina's Marcos Lara. But to his dismay, Marcos Lara quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Percival de Medeiros scored 3-0 in the 73rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Cauan Simões, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Ricardinho Figueiredo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 80th minute. Zacarias Gomes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Brilhantina's zone, Elias Garcia stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zacarias Gomes came out of the goal and Elias Garcia tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 96th minute, Marcos Lara left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Brilhantina fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Brilhantina had won after a very even match.