League Play-Off

Epistasio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Inter Florida E.C's Afonso Aparecido 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. When Epistasio's Romeu de Amorim in the 7th minute got a chance for a shot 7th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Inter Florida E.C's goalie prevented a goal. After a rather tough play, Inter Florida E.C's Cléber Madureira got a free kick in the 8th minute. Luís Fernando Cabral showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Afonso Aparecido in the 15th minute of the match. Zé Roberto Berger succeeded in the game's 22nd minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. If Zé Roberto Berger had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 25th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 27th minute, Romeu de Amorim managed to get in a good position for a shot. Epistasio's supporters rose to their feet, but Romeu de Amorim was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dé Paraense breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 28th minute, Cléber Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Inter Florida E.C's Dé Paraense proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Inter Florida E.C from getting a goal against them. Epistasio's Zé Roberto Berger got a good chance for a goal in the 32nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 35 minutes, Luís Fernando Nogueira mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Epistasio and the Inter Florida E.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Epistasio getting a freekick after 35 minutes play. Luís Fernando Nogueira hit a great ball. Dé Paraense made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Romeu de Amorim in the 37th minute of play. Inter Florida E.C's Dé Paraense proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save Inter Florida E.C from getting a goal against them. In the 45th minute, Romeu de 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. Romeu de Amorim fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 48th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dé Paraense having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Romeu de Amorim stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After 52 played minutes, Inter Florida E.C's Cesinha Sena shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Luís Fernando Cabral came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Inter Florida E.C reached it. Afonso Aparecido received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Luís Fernando Cabral tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Wilson Soares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jacinto Maias short, quick shot in the 73rdth minute got Luís Fernando Cabral to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. In the 80th minute of the match Raphael Saraiva shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Dé Paraense showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 80th minute, Cléber Madureira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Zé Roberto Berger came up free with the goalie in the 82nd minute, the Epistasio 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 Zé Roberto Berger couldn't finish the play. Dé Paraense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Roberto Berger, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. Dé Paraense showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilson Soares, who was totally free with the ball in the 89th minute. If Romeu de Amorim had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 97th match minute, Epistasio was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Júlio da Costa to maneuver through the defense. Jacinto Maia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 99th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Luís Fernando Cabral having to interfere. Epistasio were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.