League Play-Off

Estádio Arcadia
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Eusébio Arce got the match started through his kick off. Carlos Augusto Velasco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eusébio Arce, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, APPP FC's Vítor Quadros sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Carlos Augusto Velasco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Carlos Augusto Velasco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eusébio Arce, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Guilherme Novaes kicked well hit freekick during the 7th minute of the match. In the 9th minute, Vítor Quadros left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The APPP FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Eusébio Arce sent away a hard shot on goal in the 12th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 20th minute Andrézinho Valle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Arcadia's Carlos Augusto Velasco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Vítor Quadros in the 22nd minute of play. Eusébio Arce recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 23rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Reynaldo Eger's late challenge caught a Arcadia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Reynaldo Eger helped the player get up and apologised. After 30 played minutes APPP FC got a freekick which was hit by Reynaldo Eger. Raphael da Fonseca, 31 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Andrézinho Valle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Diogo Reis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute of the match Allan Sousa sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carlos Augusto Velasco skillfully saved the ball. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Andrézinho Valle made the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Frederico Dias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Diogo Reis saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Andrézinho Valle's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Diogo Reis was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Andrézinho Valle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Diogo Reis didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Andrézinho Valle went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. 63 minutes into the match, APPP FC's goal looked a bit too open when Frederico Dias came free, but Diogo Reis reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Edgar Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Arcadia were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after APPP FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Raphael da Fonseca took the corner. The corner led Arcadia's Raphael da Fonseca to fire away a dangerous shot which Diogo Reis despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Frederico Dias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Diogo Reis having to interfere. Carlos Augusto Velasco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eusébio Arce in the 87th minute of the match. Carlos Augusto Velasco came out of the goal in the 87th minute to try and stop a shot by APPP FC's Eusébio Arce. But to his dismay, Eusébio Arce quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. Andrézinho Valle took the ball and in the 95 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Diogo Reis. Diogo Reis dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. Arcadia's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.