League Play-Off

Itanhaem
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Evaristo de Brito kicked off to start the match. In the 4th minute Benê Damião shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benê Carioca saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Benê Damião recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Benê Carioca made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jorginho Bittencourt in the 15th minute of play. Benê Damião sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Dé Chaves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 18th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After having played for 20 minutes, Evaristo de Brito managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Paraíba.'s supporters crossed their fingers, but Evaristo de Brito was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jorginho Bittencourt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorginho Bittencourt sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorginho Bittencourt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Benê Carioca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some careless play in the Itanhaem SC defense, Gilvan Branco kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Luís Fábio Baptista. The Itanhaem SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Luís Fábio Baptista should have stopped the shot. A hard shot by Fabrício Monteiro from long distance, 44 minutes into the match, got Benê Carioca's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Amauri Freire charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Amauri Freire the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Paraíba. booed when Itanhaem SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 46 match minutes in a wonderful position. Amauri Freire didn't get a good kick on the ball. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jorginho Bittencourt to make the kick off. Itanhaem SC's Jorginho Bittencourt got a good chance for a goal in the 53rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Evaristo de Brito fell near the penalty area in the 56th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paraíba.'s protests and gave Evaristo de Brito a yellow card for diving instead. In the 56th match minute, Paraíba. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Evaristo de Brito to maneuver through the defense. 57 minutes into the match, Paraíba.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jorginho Bittencourt came free, but Benê Carioca reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Gilvan Branco fell near the penalty area in the 67th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Paraíba.'s protests and gave Gilvan Branco a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Paraíba. getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Gilvan Branco hit a great ball. A collision led to Itanhaem SC getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Jorginho Bittencourt hit a great ball. After 73 minutes, Joélson Mattos mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Paraíba. and the Itanhaem SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Paraíba. getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Joélson Mattos hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Benê Damião in the 75th minute of play forced Paraíba.'s goalkeeper Benê Carioca to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jorginho Bittencourt scored 1-2 in the 80th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Benê Carioca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dé Chaves's late challenge caught a Paraíba.'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dé Chaves helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Itanhaem SC's Dé Chaves got a free kick in the 82nd minute. If Evaristo de Brito had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Benê Damião received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 91st minute. Benê Carioca tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Jorginho Bittencourt's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Benê Carioca was relentless in the 95th minute of the game. The Paraíba. players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.