League Play-Off

Estádio Piquizeiro
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) In the 4th match minute, Espinosa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Víktor Sampaio to maneuver through the defense. After 5 played minutes Espinosa got a freekick which was hit by Tiago Hoffmann. 8 minutes into the match, Espinosa's goal looked a bit too open when Wanderson Oliveira came free, but Yuri Maia reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Espinosa's Yuri Maia played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wanderson Oliveira in the 10th minute of play. Yuri Maia took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mateus Recife, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Kaká Ferraz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Léo da Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. With a little luck, Espinosa's Yuri Maia got control of the ball when Wanderson Oliveira tried to sneak it across the goal line. The audience was convinced that Luisão Neiva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kaká Ferraz was relentless in the 22nd minute of the game. Kaká Ferraz took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luisão Neiva, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Yuri Maia made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Gabriel Maia sent off a good shot on target. In the 31st minute, Mathias Saraiva hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Piquizeiro booed when Espinosa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fernando Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball.

With a little luck, Piquizeiro's Kaká Ferraz got control of the ball when Marcinho Paulista tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luisão Neiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kaká Ferraz having to interfere. Luisão Neiva had several of the Piquizeiro's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 62 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-1 score and a disappointed Kaká Ferraz as he didn't even see the shot coming. Marcinho Paulistas short, quick shot in the 69thth minute got Kaká Ferraz to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Cléber Pombal kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. After 75 minutes of play, Espinosa's Luisão Neiva made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kaká Ferraz was left in no man's land by his defense there! Yuri Maia showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gabriel Maia, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. Piquizeiro's Kaká Ferraz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tiago Hoffmann in the 85th minute of play. With his leg Kaká Ferraz managed to avoid a goal in the 86thth minute, when Espinosa's Luisão Neiva fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When Luisão Neiva came up free with the goalie in the 90th minute, the Espinosa 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 Luisão Neiva couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wanderson Oliveira in the 94th minute of play forced Espinosa's goalkeeper Yuri Maia to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 95 minutes into the match, Luisão Neiva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Kaká Ferraz, 0-3.