League Play-Off

Arena Team F1
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, 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. Amauri Cearense started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Amauri Cearense in the 6th minute of play forced Brasil Team FC's goalkeeper Claudinho Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Avanzzeira F.C's Glauco Tasso proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Avanzzeira F.C from getting a goal against them. Glauco Tasso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zeca Marinho in the 12th minute of the match. In the 15th match minute, Brasil Team FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raimundo Barbosa to maneuver through the defense. Agostinho Guedes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Claudinho Cordeiro. Brasil Team FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Amauri Cearense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Claudinho Cordeiro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Brasil Team FC's Raimundo Barbosa got a free kick in the 24th minute. Agostinho Guedes took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Claudinho Cordeiro. Brasil Team FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Oscar Rosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Glauco Tasso having to interfere. Oscar Rosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Glauco Tasso having to interfere. Glauco Tasso made an important save on a dangerous shot by Oscar Rosa in the 33rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hélder Tinoco in the 35th minute of play forced Avanzzeira F.C's goalkeeper Glauco Tasso to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Rosa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hélder Tinoco sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hélder Tinoco stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Glauco Tasso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oscar Rosa in the 53rd minute of the match. Glauco Tasso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hélder Tinoco, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. Claudinho Cordeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Amauri Cearense, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. In the 71st minute Zeca Marinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Glauco Tasso saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Amauri Cearense's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Claudinho Cordeiro read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Claudinho Cordeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Amauri Cearense in the 77th minute of play. 80 minutes into the match, Avanzzeira F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Oscar Rosa came free, but Glauco Tasso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Serginho Carneiro might have been able to make a better finish in the 82nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Claudinho Cordeiro. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Serginho Carneiro ran back to his position shaking his head. Glauco Tasso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Oscar Rosa in the 87th minute of the match. With a little luck, Brasil Team FC's Claudinho Cordeiro got control of the ball when Serginho Carneiro tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Brasil Team FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.