League Play-Off

Estádio Sampaio
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) José Carlos Leite made the kick off and thus started the match. When Jânio Arantes came up free with the goalie in the 3rd minute, the Appenzeller 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 Jânio Arantes couldn't finish the play. In the 6th match minute, Appenzeller was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeremias Pimenta to maneuver through the defense. Donato Ferraz in the 8thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jeferson Rocha, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 10th minute, Jânio Arantes 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. Armandinho Hermes showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Esteves, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. A collision led to Atlas de Mantena getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. José Carlos Leite hit a great ball. After 20 minutes of play, Atlas de Mantena's Donato Ferraz made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeferson Rocha was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 23 played minutes Appenzeller got a freekick which was hit by Abel Esteves. Franklin Carneiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Franklin Carneiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jânio Arantes sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jeremias Pimenta blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Armandinho Hermes having to make a save. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Jânio Arantes managed to get in a good position for a shot. Appenzeller's supporters rose to their feet, but Jânio Arantes was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Armandinho Hermes breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 38 minutes into the match, Donato Ferraz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jeferson Rocha. Appenzeller's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Donato Ferraz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Jânio Arantes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 43rd minute. Armandinho Hermes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Franklin Carneiro to strike the kick off in the second half. Jânio Arantes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Armandinho Hermes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Franklin Carneiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Armandinho Hermes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abel Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 73rd minute by Franklin Carneiro got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. If Abel Esteves had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Appenzeller's Abel Esteves got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jânio Arantes's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Armandinho Hermes read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, Appenzeller was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sílvio Brito to maneuver through the defense. With a little luck, Atlas de Mantena's Armandinho Hermes got control of the ball when Jânio Arantes tried to sneak it across the goal line. A sloppy throw-in by Betinho Moraes in the 87th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Appenzeller's Abel Esteves. Abel Esteves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 91st minute, Abel Esteves reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Armandinho Hermes. The goal made the score 2-1. 95 minutes into the match, Appenzeller's goal looked a bit too open when José Carlos Leite came free, but Jeferson Rocha reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.