League Play-Off

Estádio Itatiaiucu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Marquinhos Tasso started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. The supporters of Almecega booed when Creedence Clearwater Bra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Perez didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 8th minute, Marquinhos Tasso got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Tomasz Rydzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luís Santana in the 16th minute of the match. Hernani Alvarenga could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Dudu Lucas made a huge save. Hernani Alvarenga sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tomasz Rydzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sílvio Loyola in the 26th minute of the match. Tomasz Rydzewski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sílvio Loyola in the 27th minute of the match. Tomasz Rydzewski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pedro Luís Ramalho, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sílvio Loyola in the 34th minute of play forced Creedence Clearwater Bra's goalkeeper Tomasz Rydzewski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute, Pedro Luís Ramalho left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Almecega fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. 38 minutes into the match, Marquinhos Tasso dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dudu Lucas, 1-2. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Pedro Luís Ramalho to make the kick off. Kléber Perez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Augustin Calota recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Pedro Luís Ramalho hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. Tomasz Rydzewski didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 63rd minute, which inside left pole to 1-3. In the 69th match minute, Creedence Clearwater Bra was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kléber Perez to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Almecega booed when Creedence Clearwater Bra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Hernani Alvarenga didn't get a good kick on the ball. Valdir de Carvalho's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Tomasz Rydzewski - 1-4 was put on the score board in the 73rd minute. The supporters of Almecega booed when Creedence Clearwater Bra was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Kléber Perez didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 86th minute Pedro Luís Ramalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tomasz Rydzewski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kléber Perez charged in rather forcefully in the 88th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Kléber Perez the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After some fancy dribbling in the 90th minute, Hernani Alvarenga managed to get in a good position for a shot. Creedence Clearwater Bra's supporters rose to their feet, but Hernani Alvarenga was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dudu Lucas breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 93rd minute, Zézinho Berger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tomasz Rydzewski acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 94th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Noel Queirós. Kléber Perez kicked well hit freekick during the 97th minute of the match. Kléber Perez stood ready after the free kick and tried to head the ball into the goal, but got pushed from behind by one of Almecega's defenders and the ball went out. Creedence Clearwater Bra appealed in vain for a penalty, the referee looked over at the linesman, but the flag stayed down. No Penalty. When the match was over Almecega could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Creedence Clearwater Bra throughout the match.