League Play-Off

Couto Pereira
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Emerson de Castro got the match started through his kick off. Sílvio Luís Vergílio was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Juarês da Silveira showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 7 minute of play. A collision led to tropa do uniao getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Pedro Luiz Ferreira hit a great ball. When Moisés Moura came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Coritiba FC 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 Moisés Moura couldn't finish the play. Aníbal da Costa kicked well hit freekick during the 26th minute of the match. If Emerson de Castro had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Remo Cerezo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 35th match minute, tropa do uniao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eurico Linhares to maneuver through the defense. 38 minutes into the match, tropa do uniao's goal looked a bit too open when Emerson de Castro came free, but Sílvio Luís Vergílio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to tropa do uniao getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Eurico Linhares hit a great ball. In the 45th minute, Emerson de Castro 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. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Chiquinho Negri made a kick off. Valdo Magalhães hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. When Emerson de Castro came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Coritiba FC 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 Emerson de Castro couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 65th minute, Chiquinho Negri managed to get in a good position for a shot. tropa do uniao's supporters rose to their feet, but Chiquinho Negri was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anísio Maranhense breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute, Valdo Magalhães made a precise shot to the right of Anísio Maranhense. Coritiba FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. After 69 minutes of play tropa do uniao's Eurico Linhares was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. In the 69th minute, Eurico Linhares hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Valdo Magalhães in the 74th minute of play forced Coritiba FC's goalkeeper Anísio Maranhense to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Pedro Luiz Ferreiras short, quick shot in the 76thth minute got Anísio Maranhense to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 85 minutes into the match, tropa do uniao's goal looked a bit too open when Emerson de Castro came free, but Sílvio Luís Vergílio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 85th match minute, tropa do uniao was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Chiquinho Negri to maneuver through the defense. Juarês da Silveira's late challenge caught a tropa do uniao's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Juarês da Silveira helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Coritiba FC's Juarês da Silveira got a free kick in the 86th minute. After a rather tough play, Coritiba FC's Emerson de Castro got a free kick in the 96th minute. Elano Saldanha blasted a shot towards the goal in the 97th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Anísio Maranhense having to make a save.