League Play-Off

Padim Ciço
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Amianto's Nelson Pimenta started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Rogério Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diego Eger showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luiz Fernando Britto, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Edmundo Fernandes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arí Alcântara in the 12th minute of play. Rogério Senna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Diego Eger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fernando Britto in the 23rd minute of play. In the 24th minute, Rogério Senna 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. Diego Eger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luiz Fernando Britto in the 33rd minute of the match. If Rogério Senna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Luiz Fernando Britto received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Diego Eger came out and tried to block the shot, but Luiz Fernando Britto slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 43rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Egídio Valadares in the 47th minute of play forced Araçatubense's goalkeeper Edmundo Fernandes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luiz Fernando Britto was the one to do the kick off. Arí Alcântara let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 56th minute shot 2-1 at rihgt post. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Rogério Senna managed to get in a good position for a shot. Araçatubense's supporters rose to their feet, but Rogério Senna was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Diego Eger breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When the match had gone on for 63 minutes, Luiz Fernando Britto put it in 3-1 from a short distance just to the right of Diego Eger. Nelson Pimenta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Edmundo Fernandes having to make a save. In the 75th minute the ball was on its way in behind Amianto's goalkeeper Diego Eger, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 76 minutes into the match, Araçatubense's Luiz Fernando Britto sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Diego Eger narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 81st minute, Nelson Pimenta 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. Arí Alcântara received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Edmundo Fernandes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nelson Pimenta might have been able to make a better finish in the 85th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Edmundo Fernandes. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nelson Pimenta ran back to his position shaking his head. Edmundo Fernandes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Pimenta, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. In the 90th minute Nelson Pimenta shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Edmundo Fernandes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 94 minutes into the game, Amianto's Arí Alcântara nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Edmundo Fernandes made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-2.