League Play-Off

Estádio Joeirana
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cristóvão de Toledo made the kick off which started today's match. Valdemar Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zé Pedro Pena in the 4th minute of the match. A collision led to Juquinha Espuleta getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Dário Machado hit a great ball. In the 10th match minute, Juquinha Espuleta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Luizão Leme to maneuver through the defense. Lisandro Micael sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Valdemar Dias made a fantastic save in the 14th minute, when Fabrício de Andrade sent off a good shot on target. 15 minutes into the match, Juquinha Espuleta's goal looked a bit too open when Zé Pedro Pena came free, but Valdemar Dias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristóvão de Toledo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lisandro Micael 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. Michel Carvalho hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. 27 minutes into the match, Juquinha Espuleta's goalkeeper Valdemar Dias had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Fabrício de Andrade. If Lisandro Micael had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Valério de Carvalho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 34th minute Lisandro Micael shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jânio Soares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Filipe Penha in the 40th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Juquinha Espuleta's Valério de Carvalho. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Zé Pedro Pena was the one to do the kick off. After 55 played minutes Joeirana FC got a freekick which was hit by Digo Zilles. A hard shot 57 in the game by Cristóvão de Toledo from a close distance when the talented Jânio Soares managed to make a qualified save. Joeirana FC's players were relieved. Valdemar Dias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fabrício de Andrade in the 60th minute of the match. In the 62nd minute, Fabrício de Andrade ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Valdemar Dias was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zé Pedro Pena in the 67th minute of play forced Juquinha Espuleta's goalkeeper Valdemar Dias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 69th minute, Benedito Moreira made a precise shot to the right of Valdemar Dias. Juquinha Espuleta's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. Jean Pitta was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 73 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Juquinha Espuleta's Jean Pitta got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Toninho Monteiro took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 74th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Valdemar Dias. Juquinha Espuleta's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 75th match minute, Juquinha Espuleta was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Valério de Carvalho to maneuver through the defense. Valdemar Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zé Pedro Pena, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. In the 82nd minute Michel Carvalho shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Valdemar Dias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michel Carvalho in the 84th minute of play forced Juquinha Espuleta's goalkeeper Valdemar Dias to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Valdemar Dias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Virgílio Alves, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lisandro Micael in the 86th minute of play forced Joeirana FC's goalkeeper Jânio Soares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Lisandro Micael had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Valério de Carvalho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jânio Soares having to interfere. Juquinha Espuleta's Valdemar Dias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zé Pedro Pena in the 96th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Joeirana FC had won after a very even match.