League Play-Off

Estádio Carin
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Aílton Bezerra started the match with the kick off. Ladislao Medero's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Samuel Pinho skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's Anísio Urbano got a good chance for a goal in the 5th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 10 minutes, Egídio Donato mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE and the Pirizal players grew even worse after the yellow card. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jean Baptista in the 12th minute of play forced CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's goalkeeper Danilo Machado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Pirizal getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Rubens Moura hit a great ball. Ladislao Medero could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 14th minute of the match, but Samuel Pinho made a huge save. The supporters of CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE booed when Pirizal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 15 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean Baptista didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Ladislao Medero had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 18th minute, Elias Goiano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pirizal's supporters rose to their feet, but Elias Goiano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Danilo Machado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jean Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match had gone on for 23 minutes, Anísio Urbano took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Samuel Pinho to make any attempt to save it. Anísio Urbano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 26th minute. Samuel Pinho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Aílton Bezerra received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Danilo Machado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Pirizal's Samuel Pinho proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Pirizal from getting a goal against them. After a defensive mix-up in CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's zone, Aílton Bezerra stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Danilo Machado came out of the goal and Aílton Bezerra tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 34 minutes, Benê Botelho mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE and the Pirizal players grew even worse after the yellow card. Samuel Pinho stood somewhat misplaced when Anísio Urbano came free in front of goal and shot 2-0 to the left of him in the 38 minute. The supporters of Pirizal booed when CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Anísio Urbano didn't get a good kick on the ball. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Anísio Urbano to strike the kick off in the second half. Ladislao Medero fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 52nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuel Pinho having to interfere. In the 55thth minute of the game Ladislao Medero who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Pirizal's Samuel Pinho was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 57th minute, Anísio Urbano made a precise shot to the right of Samuel Pinho. Pirizal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. The supporters of Pirizal booed when CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 61 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rubinho Andrade didn't get a good kick on the ball. Eugênio Britto charged in rather forcefully in the 64th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eugênio Britto the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Pirizal getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Eugênio Britto hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Anísio Urbano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Samuel Pinho was relentless in the 66th minute of the game. Samuel Pinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ladislao Medero in the 74th minute of play. In the 75th minute, Ladislao Medero left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. When Aílton Bezerra came up free with the goalie in the 83rd minute, the Pirizal 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 Aílton Bezerra couldn't finish the play. After a defensive mix-up in Pirizal's zone, Anísio Urbano stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Samuel Pinho came out of the goal and Anísio Urbano tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ladislao Medero in the 89th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Samuel Pinho saved Pirizal from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Pedrão Mandrak's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Samuel Pinho was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. 94 minutes into the game, CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's Ladislao Medero nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Samuel Pinho made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. CRUZEIRO ESPORTE CLUBE's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.