League Play-Off

ΛЯΣИΛ UΒΣЯΛΒΛ
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jairo Trancoso took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Jairo Trancoso in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Eliézer Reis saved Formigas SC from getting behind. Duda Paes kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. When Ρ Λ Ν D O Я Λ's Jairo Trancoso in the 11th minute got a chance for a shot 11th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Formigas SC's goalie prevented a goal. Rui Paiva received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Sidnei Senna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sidnei Senna took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Juvenal Leite, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sidnei Senna showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juvenal Leite in the 20th minute of the match. Ρ Λ Ν D O Я Λ's Benjamin Luz got a good chance for a goal in the 23rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The Formigas SC fans' excitement grew in the 30th match minute when Formigas SC's Juvenal Leite looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. After a rather tough play, Formigas SC's Arthur Montenegro got a free kick in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcus Matos in the 41st minute of play forced Ρ Λ Ν D O Я Λ's goalkeeper Sidnei Senna to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sidnei Senna stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Juvenal Leite's shot from short distance in the 44th minute. Juvenal Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 45th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidnei Senna having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Juvenal Leite was the one to do the kick off. Sidnei Senna was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Juvenal Leite capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Juvenal Leite really showed his touch with that goal: 1-3. The audience was convinced that Juvenal Leite's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sidnei Senna was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. When Antônio Messias came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Ρ Λ Ν D O Я Λ 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 Antônio Messias couldn't finish the play. 66 minutes into the game, Juvenal Leite cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Sidnei Senna was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sidnei Senna came out of the goal in the 74th minute to try and stop a shot by Formigas SC's Rui Paiva. But to his dismay, Rui Paiva quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-5. Juvenal Leite fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sidnei Senna having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Marcus Matos got free with Sidnei Senna in the 81st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Marcus Matos was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 91st minute. Formigas SC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Ρ Λ Ν D O Я Λ's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Juvenal Leite 91 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 1-6.