League Play-Off

Minas Arena
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Júlio Matos made the kick off which started today's match. Paulinho de Andrade fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Adrianinho Maia having to interfere. In the 8th match minute, Racing Club was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ivo Baptista to maneuver through the defense. If Paulinho de Andrade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Racing Club getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Osmar Tasso hit a great ball. Adrianinho Maia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frederico de Carvalho in the 17th minute of play. Adrianinho Maia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frederico de Carvalho, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Eduardo Guerra succeeded in the game's 22nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Adrianinho Maia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paulinho de Andrade, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. In the 30th match minute, A.C Borussia Dortmund was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luiz Gustavo Corrêa to maneuver through the defense. In the 31st minute, Eduardo Guerra left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Racing Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. When Frederico de Carvalho came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the A.C Borussia Dortmund 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 Frederico de Carvalho couldn't finish the play. After having played for 35 minutes, Paulinho de Andrade managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.C Borussia Dortmund's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulinho de Andrade was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 38 minutes, Paulinho de Andrade managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.C Borussia Dortmund's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulinho de Andrade was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After having played for 45 minutes, Paulinho de Andrade managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. A.C Borussia Dortmund's supporters crossed their fingers, but Paulinho de Andrade was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Frederico de Carvalho made a kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paulinho de Andrade got free with Adrianinho Maia in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 63 minutes into the match, A.C Borussia Dortmund's Frederico de Carvalho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Adrianinho Maia narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Through an outstanding action, after 67 minutes, Adrianinho Maia successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Leandro Azevedo's late challenge caught a Racing Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leandro Azevedo helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, A.C Borussia Dortmund's Leandro Azevedo got a free kick in the 69th minute. Elói de Sena hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Kauan Valladares stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Eduardo Guerra's shot from short distance in the 79th minute. Frederico de Carvalho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 82nd minute. Adrianinho Maia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 85 played minutes Frederico de Carvalho rounded Racing Club's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 2-1. Luiz Gustavo Corrêa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. For all the effort they put into the match, the A.C Borussia Dortmund players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Racing Club.