League Play-Off

Capinao
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Vitinho Gonçalves received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Patrick Paulista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Patrick Paulista made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vitinho Gonçalves in the 5th minute. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind Capinao EC's goalkeeper Murilo Britto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Batinga SS's Cássio Cordeiro got a good chance for a goal in the 8th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Patrick Paulista was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but David Pontes showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 10 minute of play. After 15 minutes of play, Batinga SS's Raphael Negri made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Murilo Britto was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 20th minute, Cássio Cordeiro 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. Moisés Hoffmann made in the 25th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Batinga SS's Lenílson Santana. If Raphael Negri had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Murilo Britto showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cássio Cordeiro, who was totally free with the ball in the 33rd minute. João Augusto Zanette could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Patrick Paulista made a huge save. Patrick Paulista was out of position in the 38 minute of play, and Alexandre Mazza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alexandre Mazza really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. When Raphael Negri fell near the penalty area in the 40th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Batinga SS's protests and gave Raphael Negri a yellow card for diving instead. In the 40th minute, Raphael Negri hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 46th minute Alexandre Mazza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Patrick Paulista saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when David Pontes stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cássio Cordeiro could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Murilo Britto made a huge save. Batinga SS's attentive Raphael Negri managed to snatch the ball when Moisés Hoffmann made a throw-in in the 65th minute of the game. Batinga SS's Raphael Negri got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 69 minutes into the match, Capinao EC's goalkeeper Murilo Britto had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Raphael Negri. With 74 minutes on the clock, Giovanni Schmidt commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. Giovanni Schmidt hit a great freekick 74 minutes into the match. Patrick Paulista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from João Augusto Zanette in the 76th minute of play. Cássio Cordeiro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Murilo Britto tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cássio Cordeiro in the 85th minute of play forced Capinao EC's goalkeeper Murilo Britto to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Vitinho Gonçalves sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Cássio Cordeiro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Capinao EC's Murilo Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cauan da Fonseca in the 96th minute of play. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Batinga SS eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.