League Play-Off

Estádio Pirapucu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Carlinhos Pena made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Pirapucu's Gugu Duarte dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Noel Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cauã Sá, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antônio Carlos Maranhense didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Júlio Borges went, in the 16th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-0 was the resulting score. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Antônio Carlos Maranhense successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 27 minutes into the match, Torneiros's goal looked a bit too open when Carlinhos Pena came free, but Antônio Carlos Maranhense reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 33 minutes, Laerte Veiga mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Torneiros and the Pirapucu players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 33rd minute, Laerte Veiga hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Antônio Carlos Maranhense acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 34th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Luís Paulo Trancoso. Torneiros's Antônio Carlos Maranhense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carlinhos Pena in the 36th minute of play. Adriano Gonçalves blasted a shot towards the goal in the 38th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Noel Branco having to make a save. Noel Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ian Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 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.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for João Adolfo Donato to strike the kick off in the second half. Torneiros's Antônio Carlos Maranhense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio Borges in the 53rd minute of play. Antônio Carlos Maranhense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Romero in the 55th minute of play. Torneiros's Adriano Gonçalves got a good chance for a goal in the 61st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Torneiros's Ian Cruz got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Danilo Tavares charged in rather forcefully in the 68th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Danilo Tavares the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Pirapucu's Danilo Tavares got a free kick in the 68th minute. Torneiros's João Adolfo Donato got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Antônio Carlos Maranhense took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vicente Romero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 82 minutes into the match, Júlio Borges had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Antônio Carlos Maranhense. Torneiros's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Júlio Borges was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. Torneiros's Antônio Carlos Maranhense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Júlio Borges in the 87th minute of play. Adriano Gonçalves fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noel Branco having to interfere. João Adolfo Donato scored 3-1 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Noel Branco, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.