League Play-Off

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Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Claudinei Severo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Wiliam Paraense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Reinaldo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 6th minute, Luiz Fábio Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venceslau's supporters rose to their feet, but Luiz Fábio Azevedo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rogério Batista breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rogério Batista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ademir Dante in the 8th minute of play. Rogério Batista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luiz Fábio Azevedo in the 13th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Luiz Fábio Azevedo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rogério Batista. coritiba at's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luiz Fábio Azevedo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. In the 19thth minute of the game Luiz Fábio Azevedo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but coritiba at's Rogério Batista was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Luiz Fábio Azevedo in the 22nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rogério Batista saved coritiba at from getting behind. Hamílton Veloso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Reinaldo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Venceslau's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Zé Carlos do Nascimento in the 32nd minute. In the 33rd match minute, coritiba at was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yuri Bezerra to maneuver through the defense. 35 minutes had been played when some careless play by coritiba at's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Zé Carlos do Nascimento was slow to take the kick. During this time Venceslau's players had a chance to rest. A well-hit corner resulted in Iuri Gomes heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. When Venceslau's Ademir Dante in the 38th minute got a chance for a shot 38th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye coritiba at's goalie prevented a goal. Luiz Fábio Azevedo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rogério Batista having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in coritiba at's zone, Ademir Dante stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rogério Batista came out of the goal and Ademir Dante tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Ademir Dante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademir Dante in the 48th minute of play forced coritiba at's goalkeeper Rogério Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The supporters of Venceslau booed when coritiba at was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Antônio Carlos Goiano didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in coritiba at's zone, Evaristo Souza stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rogério Batista came out of the goal and Evaristo Souza tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Evaristo Souza blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rogério Batista having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ademir Dante in the 60th minute of play forced coritiba at's goalkeeper Rogério Batista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diamantino Xavier kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. Reinaldo Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hamílton Veloso in the 65th minute of the match. Hamílton Veloso received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 69th minute. Reinaldo Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ademir Dante received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Rogério Batista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 88th minute, Luiz Fábio Azevedo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Venceslau's supporters rose to their feet, but Luiz Fábio Azevedo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rogério Batista breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. If Ademir Dante had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rogério Batista made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Luiz Fábio Azevedo sent off a good shot on target. Yuri Bezerra kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match. In the 98th minute Venceslau were awarded a corner. Zé Carlos do Nascimento went to the cornerflag to take it. Venceslau's Zé Carlos do Nascimento was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rogério Batista in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The coritiba at fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Venceslau were clearly better and deserved to take the win.