League Play-Off

Alianz Parque
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when João Augusto Martins got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in PALMEIRAS's zone, Rodrigo Martins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Henrique Donatello came out of the goal and Rodrigo Martins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th minute, Rony Lopez 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. Dorival Dionísio's late challenge caught a Atlético Komatsu's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dorival Dionísio helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Atlético Komatsu booed when PALMEIRAS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 12 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dorival Dionísio didn't get a good kick on the ball. Atlético Komatsu's Dalmo de Medeiros couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 13th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for PALMEIRAS. Rony Lopez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Donatello having to interfere. Rodrigo Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 17 minutes, Frederico Arce mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the PALMEIRAS and the Atlético Komatsu players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 17th match minute, PALMEIRAS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Frederico Arce to maneuver through the defense. When Atlético Komatsu's Rony Lopez in the 18th minute got a chance for a shot 18th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye PALMEIRAS's goalie prevented a goal. In the 20th minute, João Augusto Martins fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. If Mário Rocha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rodrigo Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Rony Lopez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 31st minute Rony Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Henrique Donatello saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rodrigo Martins received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Henrique Donatello tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Rodrigo Martins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Henrique Donatello was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. Rony Lopez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Henrique Donatello having to interfere. In the 38th minute, Mário Rocha 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. When Rodrigo Martins came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Atlético Komatsu 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 Rodrigo Martins couldn't finish the play. In the 45th minute, Rony Lopez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Atlético Komatsu fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Rodrigo Martins stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rony Lopez got free with Henrique Donatello in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Rodrigo Martins sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Frederico Arce hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. When Rodrigo Martins came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the Atlético Komatsu 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 Rodrigo Martins couldn't finish the play. Rony Lopez in the 69thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Henrique Donatello, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Henrique Donatello made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rodrigo Martins in the 70th minute of play. The supporters of PALMEIRAS booed when Atlético Komatsu was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dalmo de Medeiros didn't get a good kick on the ball. Wilson Tasso missed a clear chance of a goal when in the 73 minute of the game fired away a shot, but unfortunally the ball went out to the Juan Ferraz right hand side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rony Lopez got free with Henrique Donatello in the 76th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. PALMEIRAS's Henrique Donatello played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Martins in the 83rd minute of play. Rony Lopez's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 87thth minute, Henrique Donatello skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 89thth minute of the game João Augusto Martins who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Atlético Komatsu's Juan Ferraz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Dorival Dionísio was shown his second yellow card after 91 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to PALMEIRAS getting a freekick after 92 minutes play. Dorival Dionísio hit a great ball. Rony Lopez could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 95th minute of the match, but Henrique Donatello made a huge save. If Rodrigo Martins had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Atlético Komatsu played a much better game than PALMEIRAS and deserved their victory. The PALMEIRAS players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.