League Play-Off

Pageu
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 9 minutes into the match, Pageu's Jairo Coutinho sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Maicon Meira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Jairo Coutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pageu's supporters rose to their feet, but Jairo Coutinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maicon Meira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Flávio Paranaense fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gilberto Garcia having to interfere. If Jorginho de Queirós had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Jairo Coutinho's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Maicon Meira was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. Jorginho de Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maicon Meira having to interfere. Jairo Coutinho blasted a shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Maicon Meira having to make a save. 34 minutes into the match, Sapeacu's goalkeeper Maicon Meira had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Jairo Coutinho. After a rather tough play, Pageu's Luiz Guilherme Negri got a free kick in the 37th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

After 51 played minutes Sapeacu got a freekick which was hit by Hermínio Carneiro. Jorginho de Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maicon Meira having to interfere. After 56 minutes, Paulo José Tróia mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sapeacu and the Pageu players grew even worse after the yellow card. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Jairo Coutinho managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pageu's supporters rose to their feet, but Jairo Coutinho was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Maicon Meira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Vitório de Queirós managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sapeacu's supporters rose to their feet, but Vitório de Queirós was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gilberto Garcia breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Flávio Paranaense received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Gilberto Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jorginho de Queirós received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Maicon Meira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 67 minutes into the match, Sapeacu's goal looked a bit too open when Jairo Coutinho came free, but Maicon Meira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jorginho de Queirós fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Maicon Meira having to interfere. Maicon Meira didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jairo Coutinho went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Vitório de Queirós received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Gilberto Garcia tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bebeto de Azevedo hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Gilberto Garcia made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Flávio Paranaense in the 76th minute of play. When Jorginho de Queirós came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the Pageu 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 Jorginho de Queirós couldn't finish the play. Thanks to some nice moves Vitório de Queirós could shoot a difficult shot in the 81st minute, which Gilberto Garcia however easily saved by the left post. When Vitório de Queirós fell near the penalty area in the 83rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sapeacu's protests and gave Vitório de Queirós a yellow card for diving instead. In the 83rd minute, Vitório de Queirós hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some careless play in the Sapeacu defense, Jairo Coutinho kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Maicon Meira. The Sapeacu fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Maicon Meira should have stopped the shot. In the 89th minute, Vitório de Queirós 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. Sapeacu's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.