League Play-Off

Arena Fúria do Fogo
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Passaro Flamejante FC's Aloísio Carioca got a free kick in the 3rd minute. In the 5th minute, Dorival Gonçalves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Passaro Flamejante FC's Alexsandro Gerber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Coutinho in the 11th minute of play. Alexsandro Gerber showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Agnaldo Dantas in the 13th minute of the match. A collision led to Passaro Flamejante FC getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Tiago Gabriel Quirino hit a great ball. After 16 minutes, Aloísio Carioca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Passaro Flamejante FC and the IRATI players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of IRATI booed when Passaro Flamejante FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aloísio Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Zé Paulo Massa was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 17th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. Egídio Camargo acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 22nd minute, took the ball on the long shot from Jarbas de Moraes. 28 minutes into the match, Reinaldo Coutinho had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alexsandro Gerber. Passaro Flamejante FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Reinaldo Coutinho was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. In the 34th minute, Reinaldo Coutinho ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Alexsandro Gerber was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Agnaldo Dantas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 38th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After 45 minutes of play, IRATI's Agnaldo Dantas made it 0-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alexsandro Gerber was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Anselmo Moura was the one to do the kick off. Agnaldo Dantas sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Reinaldo Coutinho's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Alexsandro Gerber read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 58th minute of play. IRATI's Reinaldo Coutinho got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Alexsandro Gerber made an important save on a dangerous shot by Agnaldo Dantas in the 73rd minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Reinaldo Coutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. IRATI's supporters rose to their feet, but Reinaldo Coutinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Alexsandro Gerber breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Agnaldo Dantas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Alexsandro Gerber made a huge save. Reinaldo Coutinho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Alexsandro Gerber tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 78 played minutes Passaro Flamejante FC got a freekick which was hit by Aloísio Carioca. Agnaldo Dantas recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 80th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 89th minute Reinaldo Coutinho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alexsandro Gerber saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Agnaldo Dantas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 90th minute of the match, but Alexsandro Gerber made a huge save. Passaro Flamejante FC's Aloísio Carioca got his second yellow card of the match in the 91st minute. The referee ordered Aloísio Carioca off the ground. The supporters of IRATI booed when Passaro Flamejante FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 92 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aloísio Carioca didn't get a good kick on the ball. Passaro Flamejante FC's Alexsandro Gerber played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Coutinho in the 93rd minute of play. Alexsandro Gerber didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 95th minute, which inside left pole to 0-6. The Passaro Flamejante FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. IRATI were clearly better and deserved to take the win.