League Play-Off

Estádio Cacu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Jorginho Mineiro made the kick off and thus started the match. Murilo Passos received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Fernando Pena came out and tried to block the shot, but Murilo Passos slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 4th minute. Fernando Pena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dadá Ortiz in the 7th minute of the match. Jorginho Mineiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Pernambucano having to interfere. If Murilo Passos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Arrepol EC's Elói Freire in the 29th minute got a chance for a shot 29th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Cacu's goalie prevented a goal. Elói Freire sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 36th minute Elói Freire shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Pernambucano saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Murilo Passos blasted a shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Fernando Pena having to make a save. When Rubens Duarte came up free with the goalie in the 40th minute, the Cacu 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 Rubens Duarte couldn't finish the play. Rubens Duarte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Fernando Pena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernando Pena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubens Duarte in the 46th minute of play. Patrício Guerra hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rubens Duarte to make the kick off. In the 57th minute, Murilo Passos 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. Rubens Duarte sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Fernando Pena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rubens Duarte, who was totally free with the ball in the 62nd minute. Rubens Duarte received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Fernando Pena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fernando Pena showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murilo Passos in the 67th minute of the match. Fernando Pena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rubens Duarte in the 68th minute of play. Dadá Ortiz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Fernando Pena tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Elói Freire fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roberto Pernambucano having to interfere. Roberto Pernambucano showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elói Freire, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Murilo Passos in the 87th minute of play forced Arrepol EC's goalkeeper Fernando Pena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 88th minute, Patrício Guerra hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. If Murilo Passos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Rubens Duarte had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 94 minutes into the match, Arrepol EC's goal looked a bit too open when Murilo Passos came free, but Fernando Pena reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.