League Play-Off

Estádio Citrolandia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Maurinho de Barros made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Paulão Pernambucano ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Natã Carvalho was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The audience was convinced that Paulão Pernambucano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Natã Carvalho was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. If Hudson Cerezo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hudson Cerezo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Marcinho de Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Luiz Fernando Figueiredo fell near the penalty area in the 25th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Citrolandia's protests and gave Luiz Fernando Figueiredo a yellow card for diving instead. In a very dangerous position, a player in Citrolandia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 25th minute. Penalty! After 27 minutes of play, TheBlacks's Dráuzio de Mendonça made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Natã Carvalho was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 30th minute Hudson Cerezo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcinho de Alcântara saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cauan Pontes kicked well hit freekick during the 31st minute of the match. Hudson Cerezo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Marcinho de Alcântara tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. TheBlacks's Marcinho de Alcântara played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hudson Cerezo in the 39th minute of play. Hudson Cerezo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Hudson Cerezo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jano Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marcinho de Alcântara having to interfere. After having played for 56 minutes, Hudson Cerezo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Citrolandia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Hudson Cerezo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marcinho de Alcântara showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hudson Cerezo in the 58th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, TheBlacks's Serginho Paraense got a free kick in the 59th minute. Natã Carvalho made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Paulão Pernambucano sent off a good shot on target. 67 minutes into the game, Citrolandia's Jano Amorim nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marcinho de Alcântara made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-2. Maurinho de Barros recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 70th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. José Augusto Paes charged in rather forcefully in the 73rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed José Augusto Paes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 73rd match minute, Citrolandia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Augusto Paes to maneuver through the defense. Paulão Pernambucano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 76th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Paulão Pernambucano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Citrolandia's Natã Carvalho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Citrolandia from getting a goal against them. Paulão Pernambucano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Natã Carvalho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hudson Cerezo scored 2-2 in the 93rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcinho de Alcântara, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 97 minutes into the match, Citrolandia's goal looked a bit too open when Maurinho de Barros came free, but Natã Carvalho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Both teams had looked equal from kick-off, and no-one was surprised when the match finally ended in a draw.