League Play-Off

Sucesso
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Alfredão Berger's late challenge caught a Sucesso's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alfredão Berger helped the player get up and apologised. The audience was convinced that Christian Matorin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leopoldo Coelho was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. After having played for 9 minutes, Christian Matorin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sucesso's supporters crossed their fingers, but Christian Matorin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. When Arthur de Lima came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Sucesso 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 Arthur de Lima couldn't finish the play. In the 19th minute, Sucesso's Christian Matorin dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-1. When Rafinha Antunes fell near the penalty area in the 21st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Sucesso's protests and gave Rafinha Antunes a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Sucesso getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Rafinha Antunes hit a great ball. With a little luck, Rincao's Leopoldo Coelho got control of the ball when Arthur de Lima tried to sneak it across the goal line. Manoel de Souza showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alexandre Coelho, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. In the 28th match minute, Rincao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alfredão Berger to maneuver through the defense. Sucesso's David Montenegro couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 29th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Rincao. Arthur de Lima recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alexandre Coelho fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Manoel de Souza having to interfere. Arthur de Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 45th minute. Leopoldo Coelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Leopoldo Coelho was a little too slow when Christian Matorin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 3-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Leopoldo Coelho made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Christian Matorin in the 54th minute of play. Arthur de Lima sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 57 minutes into the match Alexandre Coelho climbed in front of goal and pressed up 3-2 in the right cross behind a totally surprised Manoel de Souza. 63 minutes into the game, Christian Matorin cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-2. Leopoldo Coelho was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Luís Mota fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Coelho having to interfere. Alexandre Coelho received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Manoel de Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Luiz Eduardo Favoretto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Manoel de Souza tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Christian Matorin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Leopoldo Coelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With his leg Manoel de Souza managed to avoid a goal in the 82ndth minute, when Rincao's Alexandre Coelho fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. 85 minutes into the match, Rincao's goal looked a bit too open when Arthur de Lima came free, but Leopoldo Coelho reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Arthur de Lima fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leopoldo Coelho having to interfere. Rincao's Leopoldo Coelho played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arthur de Lima in the 89th minute of play. Rafinha Antunes was shown his second yellow card after 92 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. After a defensive mix-up in Rincao's zone, Luís Mota stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Leopoldo Coelho came out of the goal and Luís Mota tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Arthur de Lima received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 96th minute. Leopoldo Coelho tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 97 minutes, Luiz Eduardo Favoretto mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Rincao and the Sucesso players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to Rincao getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Luiz Eduardo Favoretto hit a great ball. Sucesso were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Rincao for a fine match.