League Play-Off

Arena dos Tornados
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. Edmílson Barbosa started the match with the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 3rd minute, Murillo Chaves managed to get in a good position for a shot. Algeria's supporters rose to their feet, but Murillo Chaves was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Paulinho Freitas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Algeria's Kauan Albuquerque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edmílson Barbosa in the 4th minute of play. When Edmílson Barbosa came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the Tornado FC 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 Edmílson Barbosa couldn't finish the play. After 20 played minutes Tornado FC got a freekick which was hit by Bruninho Vinhas. 21 minutes into the match, Algeria's Edinho Catarinense broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. The supporters of Algeria booed when Tornado FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bruninho Vinhas didn't get a good kick on the ball. 24 minutes into the game, Narciso Leal was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Tornado FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Algeria the free kick. A collision led to Tornado FC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Narciso Leal hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Tornado FC's Zé Augusto Cardoso got a free kick in the 27th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Algeria's Edinho Catarinense tried to score from far away in the 28th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Algeria's Kauan Albuquerque proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 32nd minute of the match, managed to save Algeria from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute Alex Carneiro shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paulinho Freitas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Edmílson Barbosa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kauan Albuquerque having to interfere. Joélson Neves hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Kauan Albuquerque showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edmílson Barbosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Alex Carneiro to strike the kick off in the second half. Ulysses Esteves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 51st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kauan Albuquerque having to interfere. Kauan Albuquerque came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Tornado FC's Edmílson Barbosa. But to his dismay, Edmílson Barbosa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Giuseppe Silveira kicked well hit freekick during the 63rd minute of the match. Ulysses Esteves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Kauan Albuquerque tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ulysses Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 71st minute, Ulysses Esteves left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Tornado FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. A collision led to Tornado FC getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Narciso Leal hit a great ball. After having played for 77 minutes, Alex Carneiro managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Algeria's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alex Carneiro was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 79th match minute, Tornado FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jarbas Azevedo to maneuver through the defense. If Ulysses Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Kauan Albuquerque showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulysses Esteves in the 87th minute of the match. Alex Carneiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.