League Play-Off

Estádio Alpinino
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Marcelinho Magalhães got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Alpinino's zone, Leandro Loureiro stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ademar Lopes came out of the goal and Leandro Loureiro tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Otávio das Neves made an important save on a dangerous shot by Serginho Mangueira in the 8th minute. 9 minutes into the match, dragons's goal looked a bit too open when Percy Salgado came free, but Otávio das Neves reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. If Serginho Mangueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 17th minute, Percy Salgado 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Leandro Loureiro in the 20th minute of play forced Alpinino's goalkeeper Ademar Lopes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marcelinho Magalhães received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Ademar Lopes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ademar Lopes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Leandro Loureiro in the 28th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the game, Marcelinho Magalhães cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Ademar Lopes was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to dragons getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Joélson Proença hit a great ball. With an all-out effort, Alpinino's Otávio das Neves threw himself towards the right post 34 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Percy Salgado, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. If Marcelinho Magalhães had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Geovani Valadares sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 41 minutes into the match, Serginho Mangueira dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Otávio das Neves, 1-1. Percy Salgado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Otávio das Neves having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Percy Salgado in the 51st minute of play forced dragons's goalkeeper Otávio das Neves to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Percy Salgado to make the kick off. Serginho Mangueira sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Cleiton Rosa fell near the penalty area in the 60th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Alpinino's protests and gave Cleiton Rosa a yellow card for diving instead. After 60 played minutes Alpinino got a freekick which was hit by Cleiton Rosa. Humberto Branco took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 61st minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Ademar Lopes. Alpinino's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Serginho Mangueira received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Otávio das Neves tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marcelinho Magalhães received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ademar Lopes came out and tried to block the shot, but Marcelinho Magalhães slotted it home off the left post making it 2-2 in the 76th minute. Marcelinho Magalhães fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ademar Lopes having to interfere. Leandro Loureiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ademar Lopes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marcelinho Magalhães in the 88th minute of play. After having played for 91 minutes, Leandro Loureiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. dragons's supporters crossed their fingers, but Leandro Loureiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Serginho Mangueira blasted a shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Otávio das Neves having to make a save. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.