League Play-Off

Jacozão
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Corinthians sp's Nelson Cerezo was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 4th play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. 8 minutes into the match, Eliézer Tavares notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Corinthians sp's Tony Freire. Tony Freire was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. A hard shot 12 in the game by Nelson Cerezo from a close distance when the talented Anselmo Massa managed to make a qualified save. XARADAS F.C's players were relieved. Nelson Cerezo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Anselmo Massa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Gugu Recife had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 19th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 22nd match minute, XARADAS F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tiaguinho Freitas to maneuver through the defense. A hard shot 29 in the game by Nelson Cerezo from a close distance when the talented Anselmo Massa managed to make a qualified save. XARADAS F.C's players were relieved. 31 minutes into the game, Tiaguinho Freitas cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Tony Freire was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Gugu Recife in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Anselmo Massa prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Nelson Cerezo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 36th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Anselmo Massa had great luck who in the 39thth minute grab hold of the ball when Gugu Recife from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. With his leg Anselmo Massa managed to avoid a goal in the 40thth minute, when Corinthians sp's Nelson Cerezo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nelson Cerezo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anselmo Massa having to interfere.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Eliézer Tavares stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nelson Cerezo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Anselmo Massa having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gugu Recife in the 58th minute of play forced XARADAS F.C's goalkeeper Anselmo Massa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 60th match minute, XARADAS F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudinho Valadares to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th match minute, Corinthians sp was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Silas de Amorim to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th match minute, XARADAS F.C was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bernardo Mangueira to maneuver through the defense. Bernardo Mangueira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tony Freire firmly grabbed it by the left post. Anselmo Massa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nelson Cerezo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernardo Mangueira's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Tony Freire firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 81st minute Nelson Cerezo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anselmo Massa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 89th minute, Aloísio Tande left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The XARADAS F.C fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-3. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Corinthians sp players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.