League Play-Off

Estádio Real
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when João Rosa kicked off to start the match. Elói Toscano's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 13thth minute, Gustavo Monteiro skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Elói Toscano took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Gustavo Monteiro to make any attempt to save it. Real FC's Paulão Mendes played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Juninho Vianna in the 20th minute of play. When Juninho Vianna came up free with the goalie in the 26th minute, the Pinhalito 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 Juninho Vianna couldn't finish the play. In the 27th minute, João Rosa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Paulão Mendes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 33 minutes into the game, Aníbal Barreto cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Gustavo Monteiro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Juninho Vianna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. Paulão Mendes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 41 minutes into the match, Real FC's goal looked a bit too open when João Rosa came free, but Paulão Mendes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elói Toscano was extremely unlucky when he, in the 43rd minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. If Elói Toscano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Aníbal Barreto managed to get in a good position for a shot. Real FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Aníbal Barreto was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gustavo Monteiro breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

In the 52nd minute Aníbal Barreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gustavo Monteiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes into the match, Pinhalito's goal looked a bit too open when Aníbal Barreto came free, but Gustavo Monteiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Aníbal Barreto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gustavo Monteiro was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Elói Toscano kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Pinhalito's Zé Paulo Maia got a free kick in the 60th minute. Elói Toscano might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Gustavo Monteiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Elói Toscano ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 67th minute João Rosa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulão Mendes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 75th minute, Aníbal Barreto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Gustavo Monteiro was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. Kauan Guimarães hit a great freekick 78 minutes into the match. Real FC's Elói Toscano got a good chance for a goal in the 87th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Aníbal Barreto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gustavo Monteiro having to interfere. After 90 minutes, Hélder Bertassi mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Pinhalito and the Real FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 90th minute, Hélder Bertassi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Juninho Vianna recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 96th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Real FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Pinhalito had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.