League Play-Off

Pojuquinha
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. Nildo Severo started the match with the kick off. Ian Figueiredo charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Ian Figueiredo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to Camboa getting a freekick after 3 minutes play. Ian Figueiredo hit a great ball. Oséas Guedes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from André Luiz Quirino, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Nildo Severo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but André Leão was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. André Luiz Quirino took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oséas Guedes. Oséas Guedes dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Camboa's André Leão proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Camboa from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Nildo Severo kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving André Leão. That made the score 2-1 in the 25 minute of play. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 28th minute of the game. One of Camboa:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of XV de Julho:s goal. After 31 played minutes Camboa got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo Tinoco. André Leão showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nildo Severo, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. In the 37thth minute of the game Matheus Bastos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XV de Julho's Oséas Guedes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Oséas Guedes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from André Luiz Quirino in the 39th minute of the match. With an all-out effort, XV de Julho's André Leão threw himself towards the right post 44 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Nildo Severo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After having played for 46 minutes, André Luiz Quirino managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Camboa's supporters crossed their fingers, but André Luiz Quirino was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Matheus Bastos was the one to do the kick off. Matheus Bastos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 61st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 63rd minute, Matheus Bastos 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. In the 71stth minute of the game Matheus Bastos who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but XV de Julho's Oséas Guedes was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Camboa's André Luiz Quirino got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 75 minutes into the match, XV de Julho's goal looked a bit too open when Matheus Bastos came free, but Oséas Guedes reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by César Trigo in the 83rd minute of play forced Camboa's goalkeeper André Leão to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of XV de Julho booed when Camboa was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 86 match minutes in a wonderful position. Basílio Sá didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 87th minute, Humberto Barral sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Camboa's André Leão didn't even have to move. Nildo Severo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 90 played minutes Camboa got a freekick which was hit by Dorian Vianna. In the 92nd minute Nildo Severo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but André Leão saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 95 played minutes XV de Julho got a freekick which was hit by Chicão Paes. André Luiz Quirino's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 96thth minute, Oséas Guedes skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. After some careless play in the Camboa defense, José Alves kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of André Leão. The Camboa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that André Leão should have stopped the shot. Camboa's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.