League Play-Off

Estiro
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pedro Cavalcante took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd match minute, Aloprados was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Vasconcelos to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Lobatense EC's Benedito Peixoto got a free kick in the 7th minute. If Joel Vasconcelos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 8th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pedro Luiz Rocha had great luck who in the 10thth minute grab hold of the ball when Pedro Cavalcante from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. After a defensive mix-up in Lobatense EC's zone, Pedro Cavalcante stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pedro Luiz Rocha came out of the goal and Pedro Cavalcante tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Paul Neagoe charged in rather forcefully in the 22nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Paul Neagoe the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Lobatense EC getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Paul Neagoe hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Yan Tróia's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hugo Porto was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Aloprados's Pedro Cavalcante slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Pedro Luiz Rocha. That made the score 1-0 after 28 minutes of play. In the 31st minute Pedro Cavalcante shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luiz Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Joel Vasconcelos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 40th minute Pedro Cavalcante shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pedro Luiz Rocha saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match Aloprados got a corner. Lobatense EC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Angelo Moreno ran over to the corner to take the kick. Angelo Moreno made a great header on Aloprados's corner, it was just that Lobatense EC's Pedro Luiz Rocha managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 43rd minute, Pedro Cavalcante 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. Troy Bouzon kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Cavalcante in the 48th minute of play forced Lobatense EC's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

52 minutes into the match, Lobatense EC's goal looked a bit too open when Joel Vasconcelos came free, but Pedro Luiz Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Pedro Cavalcante in the 61st minute of play forced Lobatense EC's goalkeeper Pedro Luiz Rocha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Durvalino Arruda charged in rather forcefully in the 62nd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Durvalino Arruda the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 62 played minutes Lobatense EC got a freekick which was hit by Durvalino Arruda. When the match had been going on for 65 minutes, Lobatense EC's Paul Neagoe got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Hugo Porto. Hugo Porto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Paul Neagoe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 73 played minutes Aloprados got a freekick which was hit by Cristóvão Arantes. Yan Tróia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hugo Porto having to interfere. If Yan Tróia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Paul Neagoe had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 85th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lobatense EC's Paul Neagoe got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Paul Neagoe struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Hugo Porto didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Lobatense EC.