League Play-Off

Estádio Apiuna
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Carlos do Valle during the 8th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Curucamba SC's Carlos do Valle got a free kick in the 9th minute. After a rather tough play, Curucamba SC's Luiz Hermes got a free kick in the 18th minute. Christian Mendonça's late challenge caught a Apiuna SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Christian Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. In the 27th match minute, Curucamba SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Christian Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. In the 28th minute, Luís Guedes 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. Horácio Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Horácio Gerber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some careless play in the Apiuna SC defense, Horácio Gerber kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of João Vítor Mandrak. The Apiuna SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that João Vítor Mandrak should have stopped the shot.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and André Luiz Neves made a kick off. André Luiz Neves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 58th match minute, Apiuna SC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Yan Veiga to maneuver through the defense. Luís Guedes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. João Vítor Mandrak showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Bueno in the 63rd minute of the match. In the 68th minute Luís Guedes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Matías Santos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. André Luiz Neves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 74th minute. Matías Santos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Matías Santos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from André Luiz Neves, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Luís Guedes had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If André Luiz Neves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Luís Guedes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 81st minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 83 minutes into the match, Curucamba SC's goal looked a bit too open when André Luiz Neves came free, but Matías Santos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 84 minutes into the match, Apiuna SC's goal looked a bit too open when Marco Bueno came free, but João Vítor Mandrak reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Matías Santos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luís Guedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When André Luiz Neves came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Apiuna SC 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 André Luiz Neves couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by André Luiz Neves in the 91st minute of play forced Curucamba SC's goalkeeper Matías Santos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Christian Mendonça had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Horácio Gerber got free with João Vítor Mandrak in the 98th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.