League Play-Off

Solonopole
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when João Nunes made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the game, Walmyr Martins was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Solonopole's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Reliquia AD the free kick. 3 minutes into the game, one of Solonopole:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. In the 5th minute there was a penalty for Reliquia AD. Dráusio Alves stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving João Pedro Pitta. 0-1. Reliquia AD's Délio Massa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silvinho Bertassi in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute the ball was on its way in behind Reliquia AD's goalkeeper Délio Massa, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 12 minutes into the match, Reliquia AD's goalkeeper Délio Massa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Telmo de Azevedo. João Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Pedro Pitta having to interfere. Silvinho Bertassi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Délio Massa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 25th minute Wilson Perez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but João Pedro Pitta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. João Pedro Pitta stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wilson Perez's shot from short distance in the 27th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by João Nunes in the 31st minute of play forced Solonopole's goalkeeper João Pedro Pitta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Solonopole's goalkeeper João Pedro Pitta, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 41 minutes into the match, Reliquia AD's goal looked a bit too open when Silvinho Bertassi came free, but Délio Massa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. João Nunes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 48th minute, Wilson Perez ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. João Pedro Pitta was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvinho Bertassi stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. When João Carlos Toledo came up free with the goalie in the 53rd minute, the Reliquia AD fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that João Carlos Toledo couldn't finish the play. João Nunes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Pedro Pitta having to interfere. If Cristian Matos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Solonopole's João Pedro Pitta proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Solonopole from getting a goal against them. In the 63rd minute Silvinho Bertassi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Délio Massa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 64 played minutes Reliquia AD got a freekick which was hit by Fred Massa. After a rather tough play, Reliquia AD's Jeferson Leme got a free kick in the 68th minute. Délio Massa stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Silvinho Bertassi's shot from short distance in the 69th minute. After 70 minutes, Cristian Matos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Reliquia AD and the Solonopole players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 70 played minutes Reliquia AD got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Matos. Wilson Perez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Pedro Pitta having to interfere. Sandro Britto hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. In the 78th match minute, Reliquia AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fred Massa to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silvinho Bertassi in the 80th minute of play forced Reliquia AD's goalkeeper Délio Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. During the 81st minute of the match Cristian Matos completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Cristian Matos a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Reliquia AD getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Cristian Matos hit a great ball. Fred Massa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Solonopole's João Pedro Pitta got control of the ball when Wilson Perez tried to sneak it across the goal line. With his leg João Pedro Pitta managed to avoid a goal in the 95thth minute, when Reliquia AD's Wilson Perez fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the final whistle sounded Reliquia AD left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Solonopole.