League Play-Off

Estádio Imprensa
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Jano Baptista started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Dedê Brito received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Álvaro Vergílio tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leandro de Toledo hit a great freekick 7 minutes into the match. Jano Baptista received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Leopoldo Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dionísio Cunha scored 0-1 in the 14th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Leopoldo Arantes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Dedê Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot. Gigante da Colina's supporters rose to their feet, but Dedê Brito was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Álvaro Vergílio breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Jano Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Gigante da Colina's zone, Jano Baptista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leopoldo Arantes came out of the goal and Jano Baptista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Jano Baptista had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 33 minutes into the game, one of Gigante da Colina:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Jano Baptista sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Elias Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Arantes having to interfere.

Dedê Brito might have been able to make a better finish in the 52nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Álvaro Vergílio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dedê Brito ran back to his position shaking his head. Jano Baptista fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Arantes having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Gigante da Colina's zone, Jano Baptista stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leopoldo Arantes came out of the goal and Jano Baptista tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Elias Coelho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Elias Coelho got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. Elias Coelho sent away a hard shot on goal in the 72nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gigante da Colina's Leopoldo Arantes proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 75th minute of the match, managed to save Gigante da Colina from getting a goal against them. When Jano Baptista came up free with the goalie in the 80th minute, the Escura 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 Jano Baptista couldn't finish the play. Leopoldo Arantes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jano Baptista, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elias Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 84th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Arantes having to interfere. 87 minutes into the match, Gigante da Colina's goalkeeper Leopoldo Arantes had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dionísio Cunha. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jano Baptista in the 90th minute of play forced Gigante da Colina's goalkeeper Leopoldo Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Escura's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.