League Play-Off

Arena Casa da Vó
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Guto Maciel kicked off to start the match. Água e Limão FC's Alessandro Albuquerque played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cafu Duarte in the 3rd minute of play. In the 7th minute, Mauro Amorim 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. 12 minutes into the match, ImAgInE DrAgOns's goal looked a bit too open when Guto Maciel came free, but Luís Gustavo Medeiros reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cleiton Arósio kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 20th match minute, ImAgInE DrAgOns was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dida Miranda to maneuver through the defense. Guto Maciel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Gustavo Medeiros having to interfere. After some careless play in the ImAgInE DrAgOns defense, Duarte Bittencourt kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Gustavo Medeiros. The ImAgInE DrAgOns fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Gustavo Medeiros should have stopped the shot. After 38 played minutes Água e Limão FC got a freekick which was hit by Tomé Freitas. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cafu Duarte in the 41st minute of play forced Água e Limão FC's goalkeeper Alessandro Albuquerque to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Cafu Duarte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alessandro Albuquerque saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 47 minutes into the match, Água e Limão FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cafu Duarte came free, but Alessandro Albuquerque reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Mauro Amorim to strike the kick off in the second half. Cafu Duarte received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Alessandro Albuquerque came out and tried to block the shot, but Cafu Duarte slotted it home off the left post making it 1-1 in the 53rd minute. 57 minutes into the match, Duarte Bittencourt notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of ImAgInE DrAgOns's Luís Gustavo Medeiros. Luís Gustavo Medeiros was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Luís Gustavo Medeiros showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duarte Bittencourt in the 61st minute of the match. In the 66th minute, Mauro Amorim 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. Mauro Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alessandro Albuquerque having to interfere. Guto Maciel might have been able to make a better finish in the 90th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Gustavo Medeiros. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Guto Maciel ran back to his position shaking his head. Duarte Bittencourt struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. Luís Gustavo Medeiros didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Água e Limão FC. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the ImAgInE DrAgOns players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.