League Play-Off

Estádio Imprensa
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Durvalino Alagoano got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Serafim Dias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sérgio de Sena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Durvalino Alagoano in the 4th minute of the match. Curral's Sidney Trancoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tadeu Botelho in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute Durvalino Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sérgio de Sena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Waldemar Guerra fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sérgio de Sena having to interfere. 13 minutes into the match, Imprensa SS's goal looked a bit too open when Durvalino Alagoano came free, but Sérgio de Sena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sérgio de Sena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Durvalino Alagoano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sérgio de Sena stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Durvalino Alagoano's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Sidney Trancoso showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardinho Marquez in the 33rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Manoel Novaes in the 35th minute of play forced Imprensa SS's goalkeeper Sérgio de Sena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 38th minute, Tiago Medeiros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Waldemar Guerra in the 41st minute of play forced Imprensa SS's goalkeeper Sérgio de Sena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sérgio de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldemar Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. 45 minutes into the match, Imprensa SS's goal looked a bit too open when Manoel Novaes came free, but Sérgio de Sena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half Curral were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Téo Maciel to make the kick off. Sérgio de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldemar Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 57 minutes into the match, Curral's goal looked a bit too open when Caio da Mata came free, but Sidney Trancoso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tadeu Botelho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sidney Trancoso having to make a save. The supporters of Imprensa SS booed when Curral was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilson Couto didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Durvalino Alagoano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Sérgio de Sena was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. When Tadeu Botelho fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Imprensa SS's protests and gave Tadeu Botelho a yellow card for diving instead. In the 69th match minute, Imprensa SS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tadeu Botelho to maneuver through the defense. Curral's Sidney Trancoso played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Téo Maciel in the 72nd minute of play. Sérgio de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durvalino Alagoano, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Caio da Mata blasted a shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Sidney Trancoso having to make a save. A collision led to Curral getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Tiago Medeiros hit a great ball. In the 80th minute Durvalino Alagoano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sérgio de Sena saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Imprensa SS's Sérgio de Sena proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 82nd minute of the match, managed to save Imprensa SS from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Imprensa SS's Roberto Pirani got a free kick in the 84th minute. Sérgio de Sena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Waldemar Guerra, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. The supporters of Curral booed when Imprensa SS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 88 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tadeu Botelho didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sidney Trancoso made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tadeu Botelho in the 90th minute of play. Imprensa SS's Sérgio de Sena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Durvalino Alagoano in the 92nd minute of play. Imprensa SS's Sérgio de Sena played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Waldemar Guerra in the 93rd minute of play. When Curral's Durvalino Alagoano in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Imprensa SS's goalie prevented a goal.