League Play-Off

Estádio Guaporanga
Spectators: 33 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Olívio Castro made the kick off which started today's match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durvalino Novaes in the 7th minute of play forced Guaporanga EC's goalkeeper Matías do Valle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Canatiba's Durvalino Novaes got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 20 minutes, Alfredão Lopez mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Guaporanga EC and the Canatiba players grew even worse after the yellow card. Frédson Gaspar, 21 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. After a defensive mix-up in Guaporanga EC's zone, Ulisses Marques stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matías do Valle came out of the goal and Ulisses Marques tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a defensive mix-up in Guaporanga EC's zone, Simão Figueiredo stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matías do Valle came out of the goal and Simão Figueiredo tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 28 minutes of play, Canatiba's Ulisses Marques made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Matías do Valle was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ulisses Marques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Matías do Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matías do Valle showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Durvalino Novaes in the 36th minute of the match. Durvalino Novaes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Ulisses Marques had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ulisses Marques to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Canatiba's Simão Figueiredo got a free kick in the 56th minute. Renato Paes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Olívio Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Olívio Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Renato Paes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Canatiba's Deivid Saraiva got a free kick in the 65th minute. Olívio Castro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 68th minute. Renato Paes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 70th minute Walmir Barreto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renato Paes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. During the 72nd minute of the match Alfredão Lopez completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Alfredão Lopez a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. A collision led to Guaporanga EC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Alfredão Lopez hit a great ball. Frédson Gaspar was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 74th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 79th minute, Olívio Castro ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Renato Paes was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Dagoberto de Queirós during the 84th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Guaporanga EC's zone, Durvalino Novaes stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Matías do Valle came out of the goal and Durvalino Novaes tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ulisses Marques received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Matías do Valle tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Canatiba played a much better game than Guaporanga EC and deserved their victory. The Guaporanga EC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.