League Play-Off

Estádio Pedralva
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Perivaldo Carneiro took the kick off in the first half of the match. Pedralva's Hernani da Silva played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Percival Carioca in the 3rd minute of play. In the 3rd minute, Percival Carioca ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Hernani da Silva was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Perivaldo Carneiro recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Hernani da Silva took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Perivaldo Carneiro, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nicolas Araújo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 15th minute. Luís Fábio Medeiros tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hernani da Silva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Percival Carioca in the 19th minute of play. After 22 minutes, Percival Carioca mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Raso and the Pedralva players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Percival Carioca hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Pedralva getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Marcelo de Queirós hit a great ball. Luís Fábio Medeiros made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Nilson Coelho sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Pedralva booed when Raso was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Waldir Valadares didn't get a good kick on the ball. Nilson Coelho took the ball and in the 41 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Luís Fábio Medeiros. Luís Fábio Medeiros dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. In the 47th match minute, Pedralva was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marquinhos Aguiar to maneuver through the defense. The Pedralva players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Raso were winning 1-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Nicolas Araújo was the one to do the kick off. Luís Sabóia thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Luís Fábio Medeiros, a very annoying self made goal in the 54th minute which led to 2-2. Perivaldo Carneiro fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hernani da Silva having to interfere. Luís Fábio Medeiros showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nicolas Araújo, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. In the 72nd minute, Nicolas Araújo 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Percival Carioca got free with Hernani da Silva in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Perivaldo Carneiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Hernani da Silva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 83 minutes into the game, Iuri Maciel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Raso's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pedralva the free kick. Hernani da Silva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Perivaldo Carneiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. After 88 played minutes Pedralva got a freekick which was hit by Perivaldo Freitas. 90 minutes into the game, Marcelo de Queirós was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pedralva's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Raso the free kick. After 90 played minutes Pedralva got a freekick which was hit by Marcelo de Queirós. A hard shot by Ian Saraiva from long distance, 91 minutes into the match, got Hernani da Silva's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. 94 minutes into the match, Percival Carioca had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hernani da Silva. Pedralva's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Percival Carioca was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. Nicolas Araújo might have been able to make a better finish in the 97th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Luís Fábio Medeiros. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nicolas Araújo ran back to his position shaking his head. Raso's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.