League Play-Off

Fontainha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Arí de Amaral took the kick off in the first half of the match. Orlando Santos hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. sao paulo fc's Arí de Amaral got a good chance for a goal in the 7th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Falcão Toscano came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the sao paulo fc 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 Falcão Toscano couldn't finish the play. Arí de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Narciso Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Fontainha SC's zone, Arí de Amaral stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Narciso Romero came out of the goal and Arí de Amaral tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Túlio Furtado showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Faustão Paraense in the 22nd minute of the match. Falcão Toscano fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Narciso Romero having to interfere. Falcão Toscano received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Narciso Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Narciso Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Falcão Toscano in the 32nd minute of play. If Falcão Toscano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Fontainha SC's goalkeeper Narciso Romero, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 39th minute, Gildo Donato hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With 43 minutes on the clock, Orlando Santos commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. A collision led to sao paulo fc getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Orlando Santos hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Luís Gustavo Valle was the one to do the kick off. Fontainha SC's Narciso Romero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 53rd minute of the match, managed to save Fontainha SC from getting a goal against them. When Arí de Amaral came up free with the goalie in the 55th minute, the sao paulo fc 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 Arí de Amaral couldn't finish the play. Narciso Romero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Arí de Amaral, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Arí de Amaral received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 58th minute. Narciso Romero tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 60th minute Arí de Amaral shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Romero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 63 minutes, Arí de Amaral managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. sao paulo fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arí de Amaral was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 64th minute, Flavinho Pirani 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. sao paulo fc's Túlio Furtado played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luís Gustavo Valle in the 68th minute of play. sao paulo fc's Cristo Atauri got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Fontainha SC's Gildo Donato got a free kick in the 73rd minute. Narciso Romero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arí de Amaral in the 74th minute of play. Cristo Atauri's late challenge caught a Fontainha SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Cristo Atauri helped the player get up and apologised. Narciso Romero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arí de Amaral, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. Narciso Romero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arí de Amaral in the 85th minute of the match. After having played for 89 minutes, Cristo Atauri managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. sao paulo fc's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cristo Atauri was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Arí de Amaral received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Narciso Romero came out and tried to block the shot, but Arí de Amaral slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 90th minute. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. Fontainha SC were victorious despite being under pressure from sao paulo fc for much of the match.