League Play-Off

ARENA MILLENNYUM
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Luiz Guilherme do Valle kicked off to start the match. Agostinho Xavier didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Nicolas Quintal went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Atlético Clube Arapiraca's zone, Nicolas Quintal stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Agostinho Xavier came out of the goal and Nicolas Quintal tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 7th match minute, Atlético Clube Arapiraca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Filipe Leal to maneuver through the defense. João Mattos spun around in front of the goal 8 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Atlético Clube Arapiraca's goal. Agostinho Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Mattos in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute of the match Vitinho Freire shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Agostinho Xavier showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a rather tough play, MILLENNYUM RACING's Jairo Brito got a free kick in the 30th minute. Jairo Brito's late challenge caught a Atlético Clube Arapiraca's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jairo Brito helped the player get up and apologised. Jairo Brito kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for João Mattos to strike the kick off in the second half. When Giuseppe Bueno fell near the penalty area in the 52nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Atlético Clube Arapiraca's protests and gave Giuseppe Bueno a yellow card for diving instead. In the 52nd minute, Giuseppe Bueno hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Tony Maia hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. Luiz Guilherme do Valle fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Nicolas Leme having to interfere. Agostinho Xavier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from João Mattos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 74th minute, Victor Travassos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Agostinho Xavier came out of the goal in the 76th minute to try and stop a shot by MILLENNYUM RACING's João Mattos. But to his dismay, João Mattos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Atlético Clube Arapiraca's goalkeeper Agostinho Xavier, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. When Jairo Brito came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the MILLENNYUM RACING 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 Jairo Brito couldn't finish the play. MILLENNYUM RACING were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Atlético Clube Arapiraca for a fine match.