League Play-Off

Muquicoba
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Severino Costa made the kick off and thus started the match. After having played for 3 minutes, Durval Dracena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Muquicoba's supporters crossed their fingers, but Durval Dracena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 7th minute the ball was on its way in behind Muquicoba's goalkeeper Miguel Berger, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Severino Costa came up free with the goalie in the 10th minute, the INDEPENDENCIAFC 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 Severino Costa couldn't finish the play. In the 12th minute, Durval Dracena reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Roger Madureira. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 16th match minute, INDEPENDENCIAFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Paulo Ferraz to maneuver through the defense. Roger Madureira made an important save on a dangerous shot by Digo Faustino in the 19th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Durval Dracena in the 21st minute of play forced INDEPENDENCIAFC's goalkeeper Roger Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Roger Madureira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reginaldo Arce in the 23rd minute of the match. Miguel Berger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Severino Costa in the 25th minute of the match. Severino Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Durval Dracena received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Roger Madureira came out and tried to block the shot, but Durval Dracena slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 37th minute. The audience was convinced that Severino Costa's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Miguel Berger was relentless in the 45th minute of the game. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reginaldo Arce to make the kick off. If Jardel Costa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, INDEPENDENCIAFC's Aleandro de Toledo got a free kick in the 61st minute. Roger Madureira took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Digo Faustino, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 66th minute Digo Faustino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roger Madureira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jardel Costa might have been able to make a better finish in the 67th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Miguel Berger. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jardel Costa ran back to his position shaking his head. Roger Madureira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Durval Dracena, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reginaldo Arce in the 72nd minute of play forced INDEPENDENCIAFC's goalkeeper Roger Madureira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nilmar Paraibano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Severino Costa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 75th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Severino Costa hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. INDEPENDENCIAFC's Nilmar Paraibano got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 92 minutes into the game, Durval Dracena was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Muquicoba's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave INDEPENDENCIAFC the free kick. In the 92nd match minute, Muquicoba was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Durval Dracena to maneuver through the defense. Many of INDEPENDENCIAFC's supporters were seen to leave the ground early as it became clear their team was going to lose. INDEPENDENCIAFC may have spent more time on the ball, but Muquicoba were more willing to take their chances and they walked away with the win.