League Play-Off

Estádio Mundeus
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Rikard Falkrantz made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, EC Zamboni's Dudu Simão got a free kick in the 2nd minute. 4 minutes into the match, EC Zamboni's goal looked a bit too open when Rikard Falkrantz came free, but Cláudio Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 6th match minute, Curima was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toader Podgoreanu to maneuver through the defense. 8 minutes into the game, Reynaldo Gomes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Haroldo Favoretto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 10th match minute, Curima was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nando Simões to maneuver through the defense. After 11 played minutes, EC Zamboni's Arlindo Cunha shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Haroldo Favoretto came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in EC Zamboni reached it. Inácio Pena received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 13th minute. Cláudio Zanette tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 19th minute José das Neves shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Haroldo Favoretto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 24th match minute, EC Zamboni was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinho Jacinto to maneuver through the defense. Arlindo Cunha took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 27th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Haroldo Favoretto. Curima's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reynaldo Gomes in the 28th minute of play forced Curima's goalkeeper Haroldo Favoretto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 31 minutes, Rafael Cardozo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Curima and the EC Zamboni players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rikard Falkrantz in the 40thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Cláudio Zanette, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. If Reynaldo Gomes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 42nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Haroldo Favoretto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from José das Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Reynaldo Gomes to strike the kick off in the second half. 56 minutes into the match, EC Zamboni's goal looked a bit too open when Rikard Falkrantz came free, but Cláudio Zanette reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Rikard Falkrantz's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Cláudio Zanette was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. 65 minutes into the match, Curima's goal looked a bit too open when Reynaldo Gomes came free, but Haroldo Favoretto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cláudio Zanette showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rikard Falkrantz, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. Rikard Falkrantz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Cláudio Zanette tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Kléber Nunes lost his temper 75 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 74th minute of the game. One of Curima:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of EC Zamboni:s goal. Haroldo Favoretto had in the 77thth minute some difficulties stopping Arlindo Cunha's well aimed penalty as it nearly passed him on his left side, but he still managed to hold the ball. 77 minutes into the game, Arlindo Cunha cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Haroldo Favoretto was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 79th minute, Rafa Sergipano hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Haroldo Favoretto was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Reynaldo Gomes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 0-4 in the 83 minute of play. Cláudio Zanette took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Inácio Pena, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as EC Zamboni's Reynaldo Gomes slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Haroldo Favoretto. That made the score 0-5 after 96 minutes of play. A collision led to Curima getting a freekick after 98 minutes play. Toader Podgoreanu hit a great ball.