League Play-Off

Estádio Ijucapirama
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) 3 minutes into the match, Sucuru's goalkeeper Samuca Teles had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Anderson Proença. A collision led to Sucuru getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Dário Linhares hit a great ball. After 10 played minutes Fusion F.C. STARS got a freekick which was hit by Alessandro de Barros. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sydney Torres in the 13th minute of play forced Fusion F.C. STARS's goalkeeper João Pedro Matos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 16th minute, Willian Messias 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. Eurico Guerra charged in rather forcefully in the 17th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Eurico Guerra the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 17th match minute, Sucuru was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eurico Guerra to maneuver through the defense. Fusion F.C. STARS's João Pedro Matos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Duarte Sarmento in the 22nd minute of play. In the 23rd match minute, Fusion F.C. STARS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Toninho Rezende to maneuver through the defense. Willian Messias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Samuca Teles having to interfere. A collision led to Fusion F.C. STARS getting a freekick after 34 minutes play. Alessandro de Barros hit a great ball. If Duarte Sarmento had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Samuca Teles showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Willian Messias, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. In the 46th minute, Willian Messias fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Samuca Teles, passed just outside the right post. 48 minutes into the match, Anderson Proença had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Samuca Teles. Sucuru's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Anderson Proença was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Willian Messias was the one to do the kick off. After 53 played minutes Sucuru got a freekick which was hit by Mazinho Chaves. If Alessandro de Barros had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Anderson Proença managed to get in a good position for a shot. Fusion F.C. STARS's supporters rose to their feet, but Anderson Proença was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Samuca Teles breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 63rd minute, Toninho Rezende hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Germano Esteves kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. Duarte Sarmento fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without João Pedro Matos having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Fusion F.C. STARS's Anselmo Urbano got a free kick in the 78th minute. After having played for 82 minutes, Willian Messias managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Fusion F.C. STARS's supporters crossed their fingers, but Willian Messias was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Duarte Sarmento came up free with the goalie in the 85th minute, the Sucuru 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 Duarte Sarmento couldn't finish the play. In the 87th minute, Fusion F.C. STARS's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sydney Torres fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. 99 minutes into the game, Toninho Rezende cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Samuca Teles was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Fusion F.C. STARS had won after a very even match.