League Play-Off

Macacos
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Fausto Zonta made the kick off which started today's match. 4 minutes into the match, Ulysses Saraiva had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Donatello Nogueira. Cerquilho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ulysses Saraiva was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After some fancy dribbling in the 10th minute, Fausto Zonta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Retirolandia's supporters rose to their feet, but Fausto Zonta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Donatello Nogueira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fausto Zonta received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Donatello Nogueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18th minute of the game Cláudio Teixeira made a throw-in which Claudinho Netto played forward. Ulysses Saraiva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Donatello Nogueira having to interfere. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Ulysses Saraiva in the 24th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Donatello Nogueira prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Fiori da Silva came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Cerquilho 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 Fiori da Silva couldn't finish the play. When Ulysses Saraiva came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Retirolandia 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 Ulysses Saraiva couldn't finish the play. If Ulysses Saraiva had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 41 played minutes Cerquilho got a freekick which was hit by Afonsinho Loureiro. In the 46th minute, Yan Branco hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fiori da Silva was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Retirolandia's goal looked a bit too open when Fiori da Silva came free, but Roger Hermes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fiori da Silva blasted a shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Roger Hermes having to make a save. Sebastian Gonza fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roger Hermes having to interfere. In the 65th match minute, Cerquilho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian do Vale to maneuver through the defense. Caio de Queiroz's late challenge caught a Cerquilho's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Caio de Queiroz helped the player get up and apologised. In the 67th minute, Caio de Queiroz hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Fiori da Silva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roger Hermes having to interfere. 84 minutes into the game, one of Cerquilho:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Giovanni Melo charged in rather forcefully in the 89th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Giovanni Melo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 89th match minute, Cerquilho was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Giovanni Melo to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, Cerquilho's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Ulysses Saraiva fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Retirolandia's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.