League Play-Off

Itapixuna
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Natã Botelho made the kick off and thus started the match. Jonathan Diniz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Hélder Nogueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jean Baptista during the 4th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Adolfo Hoffmann sent away a hard shot on goal in the 6th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kauan Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder Nogueira having to interfere. Hélder Nogueira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kauan Mangueira, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Kauan Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder Nogueira having to interfere. Róbson Messias charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Róbson Messias the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 21st minute, Róbson Messias hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Itapixuna AD getting a freekick after 27 minutes play. Conrado Lima hit a great ball. Aírton Gaspar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anísio de Toledo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Joacy AD booed when Itapixuna AD was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jean Baptista didn't get a good kick on the ball. Kauan Mangueira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hélder Nogueira having to interfere. Róbson Messias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 33rd minute. Hélder Nogueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Joacy AD's zone, Róbson Messias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Hélder Nogueira came out of the goal and Róbson Messias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Róbson Messias received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Hélder Nogueira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42ndth minute of the game Kauan Mangueira who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Joacy AD's Hélder Nogueira was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 45 minutes, Frank Cosme mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Joacy AD and the Itapixuna AD players grew even worse after the yellow card. A hard shot by Conrado Lima from long distance, 46 minutes into the match, got Hélder Nogueira's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Róbson Messias got free with Hélder Nogueira in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The wind increased when Kauan Mangueira made the kick off in the second half. 55 minutes into the game, Róbson Messias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Hélder Nogueira was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 59 minutes of play, Itapixuna AD's Róbson Messias made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hélder Nogueira was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Joacy AD's Vinícius Queirós got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 73rd minute Kauan Mangueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hélder Nogueira saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frédson Simão's late challenge caught a Joacy AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Frédson Simão helped the player get up and apologised. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paulo Meira during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Itapixuna AD getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Paulo Meira hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 87th minute, Róbson Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot. Itapixuna AD's supporters rose to their feet, but Róbson Messias was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hélder Nogueira breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 87 played minutes Joacy AD got a freekick which was hit by Anísio de Toledo. The audience was convinced that Kauan Mangueira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hélder Nogueira was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. In the 94th minute of the match Conrado Lima sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Hélder Nogueira skillfully saved the ball. Itapixuna AD walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.