League Play-Off

Estádio Arapiranga
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Gilson Bezerra made the kick off which started today's match. The supporters of Cotia SC booed when Arapiranga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Murillo Ribeiro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Samuel Cruz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 8th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Gilson Bezerra recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 12th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 19th minute, Teodoro Vidal 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 20th minute, Betão da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cotia SC's Teodoro Vidal got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 23 minutes, Elói Pimenta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arapiranga and the Cotia SC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Cotia SC booed when Arapiranga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 23 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elói Pimenta didn't get a good kick on the ball. 26 minutes into the match, Patrick Pontes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Nuno Furtado. Arapiranga's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Patrick Pontes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. 39 minutes into the match, Cotia SC's goalkeeper Frank Simão had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Samuel Cruz. In the 44th minute, Samuel Cruz 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. 47 minutes into the game, Gilson Bezerra cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Frank Simão was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Conrado Moraes to make the kick off. Samuel Cruz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 53rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elói Pimenta struck a weak shot in the 56th minute. Frank Simão didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arapiranga. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Samuel Cruz managed to get in a good position for a shot. Arapiranga's supporters rose to their feet, but Samuel Cruz was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Frank Simão breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The supporters of Cotia SC booed when Arapiranga was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Samuel Cruz didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nuno Furtado was out of position in the 76 minute of play, and Conrado Moraes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Conrado Moraes really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. Frank Simão didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Arapiranga's Gilson Bezerra shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 4-2 in the ordered_time% minute. If Gilson Bezerra had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 89th minute, César Sarmento hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 92nd minute of the match Josué Lopes sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Nuno Furtado skillfully saved the ball. In the 92nd minute, Betão da Costa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Arapiranga fans cheered their team off the field, for while Cotia SC had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.