League Play-Off

Maracanu
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. Mané Maranhense started the match with the kick off. Narciso Cordeiro made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when David Nunes sent off a good shot on target. 4 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goalkeeper Narciso Cordeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by David Nunes. 7 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Maranhense came free, but Narciso Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mané Maranhense in the 9th minute of the match. Murillo Leme sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Narciso Cordeiro made a fantastic save in the 18th minute, when David Nunes sent off a good shot on target. David Nuness short, quick shot in the 19thth minute got Narciso Cordeiro to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. David Nunes had several of the Olympique Santiago's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 20 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Narciso Cordeiro as he didn't even see the shot coming. 23 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goalkeeper Narciso Cordeiro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by David Nunes. Olympique Santiago's Narciso Cordeiro proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 24th minute of the match, managed to save Olympique Santiago from getting a goal against them. Marcelinho Paiva was shown his second yellow card after 25 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. In the 25th match minute, Olympique Santiago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marcelinho Paiva to maneuver through the defense. Narciso Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mané Maranhense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dida Almeida charged in rather forcefully in the 30th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dida Almeida the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Dida Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. After 33 minutes of play, Maracanu EC's David Nunes made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Narciso Cordeiro was left in no man's land by his defense there! Fabrício Ortiz's late challenge caught a Maracanu EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Fabrício Ortiz helped the player get up and apologised. Narciso Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mané Maranhense in the 41st minute of the match. Narciso Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mané Maranhense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Silvio Dodorol stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Silvio Dodorol's late challenge caught a Maracanu EC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Silvio Dodorol helped the player get up and apologised. In the 52nd minute, Silvio Dodorol hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dinei Neto kicked well hit freekick during the 56th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Nunes in the 60th minute of play forced Olympique Santiago's goalkeeper Narciso Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 66 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goal looked a bit too open when David Nunes came free, but Narciso Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Nunes in the 67th minute of play forced Olympique Santiago's goalkeeper Narciso Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Cordeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mané Maranhense, who was totally free with the ball in the 68th minute. Narciso Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Nunes in the 75th minute of the match. Mané Maranhense sent away a hard shot on goal in the 78th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 80 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goal looked a bit too open when Murillo Leme came free, but Narciso Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Cordeiro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from David Nunes in the 81st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by David Nunes in the 83rd minute of play forced Olympique Santiago's goalkeeper Narciso Cordeiro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Narciso Cordeiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from David Nunes in the 84th minute of play. In the 85th minute David Nunes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Narciso Cordeiro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Olympique Santiago's goal looked a bit too open when Mané Maranhense came free, but Narciso Cordeiro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Narciso Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from David Nunes, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mané Maranhense recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Narciso Cordeiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mané Maranhense, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Narciso Cordeiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mané Maranhense, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Dida Almeida kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.