League Play-Off

Resfriado
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. Eliézer Gonçalves started the match with the kick off. Pedro Augusto Paraibano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cauan Palmeira in the 5th minute of play. Cauan Palmeira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Pedro Augusto Paraibano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Eliézer Gonçalves in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Pedro Augusto Paraibano saved Resfriado SS from getting behind. Pedro Augusto Paraibano came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by Nascenca's Cauan Palmeira. But to his dismay, Cauan Palmeira quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 17 minutes into the game, Giovani de Senna lined in a short shot 2-1 behind a frustrated Zé Paulo Leal. Pedro Augusto Paraibano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vladimir Lira in the 20th minute of the match. In the 22nd minute, Kléber Prata hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sabino Romero, 22 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Giovani de Senna came free with the goalkeeper in the 26th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Zé Paulo Leal could save by the left post. Nascenca's Zé Paulo Leal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Nascenca from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Nascenca's Cláudio Recife got a free kick in the 31st minute. In the 33rd match minute, Nascenca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Enrique Oliveira to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Falcão Quirino in the 35th minute of play forced Nascenca's goalkeeper Zé Paulo Leal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Enrique Oliveira fell near the penalty area in the 36th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Nascenca's protests and gave Enrique Oliveira a yellow card for diving instead. After 36 played minutes Nascenca got a freekick which was hit by Enrique Oliveira. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cauan Palmeira in the 43rd minute of play forced Resfriado SS's goalkeeper Pedro Augusto Paraibano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Resfriado SS's Pedro Augusto Paraibano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Eliézer Gonçalves in the 46th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Falcão Quirino to make the kick off. 59 minutes into the match, Remo Toledo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Zé Paulo Leal. Nascenca's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Remo Toledo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-2. Eliézer Gonçalves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Pedro Augusto Paraibano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Giovani de Senna in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Zé Paulo Leal saved Nascenca from getting behind. Eliézer Gonçalves was extremely unlucky when he, in the 77th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. Cauan Palmeira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pedro Augusto Paraibano having to interfere. 89 minutes into the game, Eliézer Gonçalves was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nascenca's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Resfriado SS the free kick. A collision led to Nascenca getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Eliézer Gonçalves hit a great ball. The supporters of Resfriado SS booed when Nascenca was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Enrique Oliveira didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zé Paulo Leal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Giovani de Senna in the 95th minute of play. In the 97th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nascenca's goalkeeper Zé Paulo Leal, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When the referee blew the final whistle, Resfriado SS could leave the field as winners, despite Nascenca having more of the ball for most of the match.