League Play-Off

Ipaporanga
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Matías de Amaral started the match with the kick off. In the 2nd minute, Edinho Lopes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cido de Castro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Matías de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. After some careless play in the OnePieceFC defense, Matías de Amaral kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cido de Castro. The OnePieceFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cido de Castro should have stopped the shot. In the 19th minute, Matías de Amaral ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Cido de Castro was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Carl Bergdal made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Américo Nascimento in the 23rd minute of play. Carl Bergdal showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Renatinho Faustino, who was totally free with the ball in the 29th minute. Carl Bergdal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Renatinho Faustino in the 31st minute. Matías de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 35th minute. Cido de Castro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The supporters of Lage AD booed when OnePieceFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edinho Lopes didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Lage AD's Eriberto Meireles got a free kick in the 46th minute. Carl Bergdal was a little too slow when Erik Cosme got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 48th minute. The score was now 1-3. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-3.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Erik Cosme to strike the kick off in the second half. Lage AD's Carl Bergdal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Erik Cosme in the 55th minute of play. In the 57th match minute, Lage AD was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joaquim Dionísio to maneuver through the defense. When Renatinho Faustino came up free with the goalie in the 57th minute, the OnePieceFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Renatinho Faustino couldn't finish the play. 59 minutes into the match, Américo Nascimento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carl Bergdal. Lage AD's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Américo Nascimento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. A collision led to OnePieceFC getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Nilton Paes hit a great ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tales Loyola during the 66th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Carl Bergdal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Renatinho Faustino in the 69th minute of the match. Nilton Paes's late challenge caught a Lage AD's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nilton Paes helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Lage AD booed when OnePieceFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 70 match minutes in a wonderful position. Nilton Paes didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 71st minute, Romeo Llorienzo sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and OnePieceFC's Cido de Castro didn't even have to move. 75 minutes into the match, Matías de Amaral had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Cido de Castro. OnePieceFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Matías de Amaral was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-4. A collision led to Lage AD getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Romeo Llorienzo hit a great ball. Lage AD's Carl Bergdal played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Guga Matos in the 80th minute of play. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Lage AD's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Renatinho Faustino was slow to take the kick. During this time OnePieceFC's players had a chance to rest. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Matías de Amaral took a quick shot and it went in 2-5 without a chance for Cido de Castro to make any attempt to save it. 92 minutes into the match, Lage AD's goal looked a bit too open when Renatinho Faustino came free, but Carl Bergdal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 95 minutes into the game, OnePieceFC's Renatinho Faustino nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Carl Bergdal made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-5. Lage AD were delighted with the way they had won the match. They had held their defensive line well and made the most of their chances, to claim a victory over OnePieceFC's much stronger midfield.