League Play-Off

Estádio Bonitinho
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to Bahia getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Aírton Arósio hit a great ball. Adrianinho Paes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fiori Coutinho having to interfere. Thomás Barral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fiori Coutinho having to interfere. If Adalberto Fantini had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Thomás Barral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Fiori Coutinho stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Thomás Barral's shot from short distance in the 18th minute. In the 33rd minute, Zé Paulo Sá made a precise shot to the right of Gildo Bezerra. Bonitinho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Zé Paulo Sá sent away a hard shot on goal in the 37th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Adrianinho Paes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 40 minutes, Durval Cearense mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Bahia and the Bonitinho players grew even worse after the yellow card. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bahia's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Wágner Bezerra was slow to take the kick. During this time Bonitinho's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Bonitinho's Carlos Augusto Reis to fire away a dangerous shot which Fiori Coutinho despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Jânio Vander sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Bonitinho players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Bahia were winning 0-1.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Jânio Vander made a kick off. When the match had gone on for 52 minutes, Thomás Barral put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Fiori Coutinho. 59 minutes into the match, Bonitinho's goal looked a bit too open when Jânio Vander came free, but Gildo Bezerra reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bahia's Fiori Coutinho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Thomás Barral in the 66th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Thomás Barral 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. In the 70th minute of the match, Zé Paulo Sá got a very nice opportunity to score, but Gildo Bezerra was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Marcos Almeida's late challenge caught a Bahia's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Marcos Almeida helped the player get up and apologised. After 75 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Bonitinho! Zé Paulo Sá scored 1-2 in the 81st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gildo Bezerra, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Fiori Coutinho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Thomás Barral in the 90th minute of play. Gildo Bezerra showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Álvaro Coutinho in the 96th minute of the match. Thomás Barral fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fiori Coutinho having to interfere. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Bahia eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.