League Play-Off

Estádio Caraguatal
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Róbson Leite took the kick off in the first half of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Geovani Gerber in the 3rd minute of play forced Caraguatal's goalkeeper Enrique Hermes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Adrianinho de Barros's late challenge caught a Caraguatal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Adrianinho de Barros helped the player get up and apologised. In the 9th minute, Adrianinho de Barros hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Erivaldo Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Róbson Leite in the 14th minute of play. 17 minutes into the match, Caraguatal's Nestor Alagoano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erivaldo Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 19 minutes into the match, Caraguatal's Nestor Alagoano sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Erivaldo Branco narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience was convinced that Róbson Leite's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erivaldo Branco was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. In the 22nd minute Róbson Leite shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erivaldo Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Róbson Leite sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Geovani Gerber struck a weak shot in the 31st minute. Enrique Hermes didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Aarão Zwinglio. In the 33rd minute, Evandro de Azevedo made a precise shot to the right of Enrique Hermes. Caraguatal's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. During the 35th minute of the match Adrianinho de Barros completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Adrianinho de Barros a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. Enrique Hermes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Evandro de Azevedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Enrique Hermes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Evandro de Azevedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. In the 46th minute of the match, Róbson Leite tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Erivaldo Branco saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Evandro de Azevedo was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Nestor Alagoano managed to get in a good position for a shot. Caraguatal's supporters rose to their feet, but Nestor Alagoano was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Erivaldo Branco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 57th minute, Róbson Leite 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. The supporters of Caraguatal booed when Aarão Zwinglio was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lenílson Fontes didn't get a good kick on the ball. Aarão Zwinglio's Erivaldo Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nestor Alagoano in the 63rd minute of play. After 67 played minutes Caraguatal got a freekick which was hit by Durvalino Maciel. 68 minutes into the match, Aarão Zwinglio's Lenílson Fontes broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. 71 minutes into the match, Nestor Alagoano notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Aarão Zwinglio's Erivaldo Branco. Erivaldo Branco was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nestor Alagoano's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Erivaldo Branco read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 83rd minute of play. Erivaldo Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Nestor Alagoano in the 84th minute of the match. In the 85thth minute of the game Róbson Leite who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Aarão Zwinglio's Erivaldo Branco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Aarão Zwinglio's Erivaldo Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Róbson Leite in the 98th minute of play.