League Play-Off

Estádio Mandirituba
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Mandirituba's Baltazar Cunha started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Alessandro Veloso showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Frédson Arósio, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 5 minutes into the match, Itaracema's goal looked a bit too open when Baltazar Cunha came free, but Vladimir Oliveira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Vladimir Oliveira showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Baltazar Cunha, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. Felipe Meirelles's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Vladimir Oliveira firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience was convinced that Baltazar Cunha's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Vladimir Oliveira was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. With his leg Vladimir Oliveira managed to avoid a goal in the 13thth minute, when Mandirituba's Felipe Meirelles fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 16 minutes into the match, Mandirituba's goal looked a bit too open when Lauro Recife came free, but Alessandro Veloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 18th minute, Ismael Costa 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. Lauro Recife fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alessandro Veloso having to interfere. 30 minutes into the match, Mandirituba's Baltazar Cunha sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Vladimir Oliveira narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After having played for 32 minutes, Lauro Recife managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Itaracema's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lauro Recife was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some careless play in the Mandirituba defense, Lauro Recife kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Alessandro Veloso. The Mandirituba fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Alessandro Veloso should have stopped the shot. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

If Baltazar Cunha had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 55th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to Mandirituba getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Marcel Baptista hit a great ball. Felipe Meirelles sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Baltazar Cunha sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of Mandirituba booed when Itaracema was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Renan Jacinto didn't get a good kick on the ball. Chico de Mendonça's late challenge caught a Mandirituba's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Chico de Mendonça helped the player get up and apologised. In the 69th match minute, Itaracema was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chico de Mendonça to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Baltazar Cunha in the 70th minute of play forced Itaracema's goalkeeper Vladimir Oliveira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Itaracema defense, Baltazar Cunha kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Vladimir Oliveira. The Itaracema fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Vladimir Oliveira should have stopped the shot. A collision led to Mandirituba getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Jardel Seco hit a great ball. 80 minutes into the match, Mandirituba's goal looked a bit too open when Lauro Recife came free, but Alessandro Veloso reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Felipe Meirelles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Vladimir Oliveira having to interfere. Baltazar Cunha's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Vladimir Oliveira read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 92nd minute of play. A collision led to Itaracema getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Renan Jacinto hit a great ball. Felipe Meirelles received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 98th minute. Vladimir Oliveira tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Itaracema's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.