League Play-Off

Estádio Rendinha
Spectators: 32 (Terracing: 25, Seating: 7, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Murilo Meirelles started the match with the kick off. Augusto Mesquita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Ademir Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ademir Simões showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Augusto Mesquita in the 7th minute of the match. Flavinho de Queiroz hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Augusto Mesquita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 17th minute. Ademir Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Augusto Mesquita received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Ademir Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Itapixe's Márcio Branco got a free kick in the 21st minute. palmeiras's Augusto Mesquita got a good chance for a goal in the 26th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Guto Paes charged in rather forcefully in the 27th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Guto Paes the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of Itapixe booed when palmeiras was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Guto Paes didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Murilo Meirelles came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Itapixe 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 Murilo Meirelles couldn't finish the play. If Augusto Mesquita had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. During the 42nd minute of the match Guto Paes completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Guto Paes a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. After a rather tough play, palmeiras's Guto Paes got a free kick in the 43rd minute. The audience was convinced that Murilo Meirelles's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Antônio Carlos Fonseca was relentless in the 44th minute of the game. Murilo Meirelles scored 0-1 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Antônio Carlos Fonseca, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Fiori de Barros was the one to do the kick off. Ademir Simões didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fiori de Barros went, in the 54th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. In the 57th minute, Manoel Leão hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mazinho Pimenta in the 58th minute of play forced Itapixe's goalkeeper Ademir Simões to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Fiori de Barros came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the palmeiras 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 Fiori de Barros couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Itapixe getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Márcio Branco hit a great ball. Jardel Silveira struck a weak shot in the 66th minute. Ademir Simões didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for palmeiras. After 67 played minutes Itapixe got a freekick which was hit by Kaká Netto. The audience was convinced that Fiori de Barros's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ademir Simões was relentless in the 68th minute of the game. Ademir Simões showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fiori de Barros, who was totally free with the ball in the 71st minute. A collision led to Itapixe getting a freekick after 79 minutes play. Márcio Branco hit a great ball. Antônio Carlos Fonseca showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Murilo Meirelles in the 82nd minute of the match. 84 minutes into the match, Itapixe's goal looked a bit too open when Fiori de Barros came free, but Ademir Simões reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Kaká Netto kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. When Felipe Peixoto came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the palmeiras 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 Felipe Peixoto couldn't finish the play. A collision led to Itapixe getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Márcio Branco hit a great ball. Felipe Peixoto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 90th minute. Ademir Simões tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.