League Play-Off

Estádio Fidalga
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Allan Dante started the match with the kick off. After 2 played minutes BOTAFOGO F.R got a freekick which was hit by Benedito Machado. In the 3rd minute, Marcinho Netto 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. The audience was convinced that Fernandinho das Neves's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Armandinho Britto was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. 9 minutes in the game, Fernandinho das Neves fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Armandinho Britto having to interfere. Fernandinho das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 11th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Armandinho Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernandinho das Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Fernandinho das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 15th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With his leg Armandinho Britto managed to avoid a goal in the 17thth minute, when Fidalga SC's Elder Senna fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Through an outstanding action, after 18 minutes, Armandinho Britto successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 21st minute, Emílio Santos 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. Albertinho Barral hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Elder Senna fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Armandinho Britto having to interfere. Armandinho Britto made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Albertinho Barral sent off a good shot on target. Fidalga SC's Adhemar Cordeiro has a good shot, but didn't show it this time. The shot went over the crossbar in the 32nd minute. Armandinho Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernandinho das Neves, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. With a little luck, BOTAFOGO F.R's Armandinho Britto got control of the ball when Elder Senna tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a little luck, BOTAFOGO F.R's Armandinho Britto got control of the ball when Elder Senna tried to sneak it across the goal line. Fernandinho das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.

Armandinho Britto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elder Senna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Armandinho Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luizinho Furtado, who was totally free with the ball in the 56th minute. Armandinho Britto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elder Senna, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fernandinho das Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 71 minutes, Allan Dante mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the BOTAFOGO F.R and the Fidalga SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to BOTAFOGO F.R getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Allan Dante hit a great ball. Elder Senna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 75th minute. Armandinho Britto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Anselmo Paulista during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 77 minutes into the game, one of BOTAFOGO F.R:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. The referee gave Fidalga SC a penalty, 79 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Marcinho Netto, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of BOTAFOGO F.R's Armandinho Britto. 1-0. Fernandinho das Neves took the ball and in the 81 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Armandinho Britto. Armandinho Britto dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Fernandinho das Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 84th minute. Armandinho Britto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Emílio Santos's late challenge caught a Fidalga SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Emílio Santos helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to BOTAFOGO F.R getting a freekick after 89 minutes play. Emílio Santos hit a great ball. In the 91stth minute of the game Fernandinho das Neves who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but BOTAFOGO F.R's Armandinho Britto was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, BOTAFOGO F.R's Nico Mesquita got a free kick in the 96th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Fernandinho das Neves in the 98th minute of play forced BOTAFOGO F.R's goalkeeper Armandinho Britto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fidalga SC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.