League Play-Off

Estádio Sidrolandia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Jardel Tavares made the kick off which started today's match. Silvério Terra took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Célio Tinoco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 6 minutes, Benê Quaresma took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Elder de Toledo to make any attempt to save it. Sidrolandia's Sérgio Marinho got a good chance for a goal in the 13th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 19th minute, Jardel Tavares got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When Centralito AD's Célio Tinoco in the 21st minute got a chance for a shot 21st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Sidrolandia's goalie prevented a goal. When Manoel Gaúcho fell near the penalty area in the 22nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Centralito AD's protests and gave Manoel Gaúcho a yellow card for diving instead. In the 22nd minute, Manoel Gaúcho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sérgio Marinho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sérgio Marinho recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 27th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elder de Toledo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Benê Quaresma, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. When Manoel Gaúcho came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Centralito 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 Manoel Gaúcho couldn't finish the play. In the 37th minute Jardel Tavares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Silvério Terra saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benê Quaresma in the 42nd minute of play forced Centralito AD's goalkeeper Elder de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Benê Quaresma to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benê Quaresma in the 56th minute of play forced Centralito AD's goalkeeper Elder de Toledo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reynaldo Vidal hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Benê Quaresma's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Elder de Toledo was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Manoel Gaúcho kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. When Sérgio Marinho came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the Sidrolandia 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 Sérgio Marinho couldn't finish the play. In the 66th minute, Sérgio Marinho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Sidrolandia fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. In the 70th minute, Benê Quaresma got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 74th minute, Benê Quaresma hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 76 minutes in the game, Jardel Tavares fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Silvério Terra having to interfere. The supporters of Sidrolandia booed when Centralito AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Manoel Gaúcho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Célio Tinoco fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Silvério Terra having to interfere. Sérgio Marinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Elder de Toledo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jânio Vianna kicked well hit freekick during the 87th minute of the match. In the 89th minute of the match Leonel Oliveira shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Elder de Toledo showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Raí Lara kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Sidrolandia's Jeferson Mello tried to score from far away in the 93rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Sidrolandia had played much better football throughout.