League Play-Off

Estádio Antonio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Giovani Couto took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute of the game, Ricardo Britto landed unfortunately after trying to head the ball, and pulled a muscle in the back, so badly that he had to leave the field. After 7 minutes, Diego Vasconcelos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Leões F. C. and the Antonio players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Leões F. C.'s Diego Vasconcelos got a free kick in the 8th minute. Zeca Lucas struck a weak shot in the 13th minute. Francisco Abreu didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Leões F. C.. The audience thought a goal was coming when Sérgio Cosme got free with Deivid Faria in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Leões F. C.'s goalkeeper Deivid Faria, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Leões F. C.'s Deivid Faria proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 25th minute of the match, managed to save Leões F. C. from getting a goal against them. In the 31st minute, Giovani Couto ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Francisco Abreu was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Francisco Abreu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Giovani Couto, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Sérgio Cosme fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Deivid Faria having to interfere. Giovani Couto fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Abreu having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zeca Lucas in the 46th minute of play forced Antonio's goalkeeper Francisco Abreu to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 47th minute Zeca Lucas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Francisco Abreu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sérgio Cosme to make the kick off. Claudinei Campidelis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 52nd minute. Deivid Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Luís Fábio Coutinho fell near the penalty area in the 55th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Antonio's protests and gave Luís Fábio Coutinho a yellow card for diving instead. Thanks to some nice moves Zeca Lucas could shoot a difficult shot in the 57th minute, which Francisco Abreu however easily saved by the left post. 58 minutes into the match, Leões F. C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Sérgio Cosme came free, but Deivid Faria reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 63rd minute, Hugo Passos left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Leões F. C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Sérgio Cosme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Luís Fábio Coutinho had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Sérgio Cosme had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Donatello Varela received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Deivid Faria tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 77th minute, Sérgio Cosme 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. Zeca Lucas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Francisco Abreu having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, Zeca Lucas managed to get in a good position for a shot. Leões F. C.'s supporters rose to their feet, but Zeca Lucas was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Francisco Abreu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With a little luck, Antonio's Francisco Abreu got control of the ball when Zeca Lucas tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 87th minute, Leões F. C.'s Giovani Couto dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 0-3. Zeca Lucas received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Francisco Abreu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 96 played minutes Antonio got a freekick which was hit by Paulo Renato Damião. The Antonio supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Leões F. C.'s performance. The match ended with a win for Leões F. C..