League Play-Off

Muralha do Leão
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. Juvenal Lira started the match with the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Juvenal Lira in the 3rd minute of play forced Troia FC's goalkeeper Luiz Fernando Cearense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Arsenal Junior´s booed when Troia FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 5 match minutes in a wonderful position. Aluísio Cosme didn't get a good kick on the ball. Troia FC's Luiz Fernando Cearense played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldinho Gaspar in the 8th minute of play. Maurinho Palmeira took the ball and in the 10 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bolli Muren. Bolli Muren 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. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joachim Cambero during the 15th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Arsenal Junior´s getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Joachim Cambero hit a great ball. Enrique Arruda received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Luiz Fernando Cearense tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Eduardo Valadares had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Enrique Arruda had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Troia FC's Filipe Chaves got a free kick in the 27th minute. Pedrinho Dracena hit a great freekick 32 minutes into the match. When Eduardo Valadares came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Troia 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 Eduardo Valadares couldn't finish the play. After 39 played minutes Troia FC got a freekick which was hit by Maurinho Palmeira. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maurinho Palmeira stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. With his leg Bolli Muren managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Troia FC's Eduardo Valadares fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match clock showed 56 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Eduardo Valadares sped through Arsenal Junior´s's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Bolli Muren. In the 66th minute, Eduardo Valadares ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Bolli Muren was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. 73 minutes into the match, Arsenal Junior´s's goal looked a bit too open when Maurinho Palmeira came free, but Bolli Muren reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eduardo Valadares in the 78thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Bolli Muren, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. After 79 played minutes Troia FC got a freekick which was hit by Maurinho Palmeira. When Arsenal Junior´s's Juvenal Lira in the 81st minute got a chance for a shot 81st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Troia FC's goalie prevented a goal. With a little luck, Arsenal Junior´s's Bolli Muren got control of the ball when Eduardo Valadares tried to sneak it across the goal line. Luiz Fernando Cearense didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ronaldinho Gaspar went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. Bolli Muren made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aluísio Cosme in the 89th minute of play. In the 95th minute of the match, Eduardo Valadares got a very nice opportunity to score, but Bolli Muren was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. The Arsenal Junior´s supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Troia FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Troia FC.