League Play-Off

Estádio Armazem
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Caiuba AD's Léo Velloso started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. In the 4th minute Léo Velloso shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiaguinho Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Léo Velloso blasted a shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tiaguinho Xavier having to make a save. Jairo Souto made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abelardo Quaresma in the 10th minute. 12 minutes into the match, Armazem's Adalmo Furtado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jairo Souto narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Kaká Bueno lost his temper 16 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. A collision led to Caiuba AD getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Kaká Bueno hit a great ball. Caiuba AD's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Abelardo Quaresma scored to the left of an out of position Jairo Souto, making the score, 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 22 minutes, Jairo Souto successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Tiaguinho Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Léo Velloso in the 26th minute of the match. Caiuba AD's Jairo Souto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cauã Maia in the 29th minute of play. A collision led to Caiuba AD getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Pedro Marquez hit a great ball. Caiuba AD's Jairo Souto proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to save Caiuba AD from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute Décio Vale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Tiaguinho Xavier saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Caiuba AD's Léo Velloso got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Décio Vale had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tiaguinho Xavier showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pedro Marquez in the 43rd minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cauã Maia to make the kick off. Tiaguinho Xavier was a little too slow when Léo Velloso got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 52nd minute. The score was now 1-1. Armazem's Cauã Maia got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 62 minutes of play, Caiuba AD's Léo Velloso made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tiaguinho Xavier was left in no man's land by his defense there! 66 minutes into the match, Abelardo Quaresma notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Caiuba AD's Jairo Souto. Jairo Souto was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Naldo Figueiredo during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Pedro Marquez kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Jairo Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vitório do Vale in the 75th minute of the match. Armazem's Tiaguinho Xavier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Léo Velloso in the 76th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Décio Vale in the 77th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Tiaguinho Xavier prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 80th minute, one of Armazem:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Armazem. Armazem:s Tiaguinho Xavier showed great skill when he stopped Benjamim Seco:s penalty. Benjamim Seco did an outstanding performance 81 minutes into the match, when he by himself got past the opposing team's defense and with a quick scored 2-3 to the right of an irritated Tiaguinho Xavier in the goal. Jairo Souto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cauã Maia in the 85th minute of the match. Jairo Souto took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Abelardo Quaresma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Pedro Marquez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Tiaguinho Xavier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Léo Velloso sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the final whistle sounded Caiuba AD left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Armazem.