League Play-Off

Estádio BARRACA
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ernani Baiano made the kick off which started today's match. Cléberson Fantini fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pancracio Paniagua having to interfere. Valdomiro Dionísio could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Ismael Toscano made a huge save. POPULAR F.C's Pancracio Paniagua played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ernani Baiano in the 10th minute of play. In the 14th minute Crisólia FBPA were awarded a corner. Fabrício Medeiros went to the cornerflag to take it. Pancracio Paniagua made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rony Félix in the 21st minute of play. 22 minutes into the match, POPULAR F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Rony Félix came free, but Pancracio Paniagua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rony Félix in the 24th minute of play forced POPULAR F.C's goalkeeper Pancracio Paniagua to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 27 minutes into the match, POPULAR F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Cléberson Fantini came free, but Pancracio Paniagua reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Valdomiro Dionísio's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Ismael Toscano read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 29th minute of play. In the 30th minute Ernani Baiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pancracio Paniagua saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 37 minutes had been played when some careless play by POPULAR F.C's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Fabrício Medeiros was slow to take the kick. During this time Crisólia FBPA's players had a chance to rest. POPULAR F.C's Pancracio Paniagua played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cléberson Fantini in the 40th minute of play. In the 43rd minute of the match POPULAR F.C got a corner. Crisólia FBPA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mei Xun Jun ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Mei Xun Jun almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Crisólia FBPA's Ismael Toscano did a great save. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Valdomiro Dionísio stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, Crisólia FBPA's goal looked a bit too open when Valdomiro Dionísio came free, but Ismael Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ismael Toscano showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Valdomiro Dionísio in the 55th minute of the match. Pancracio Paniagua took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ernani Baiano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 61 minutes into the match, Crisólia FBPA's goal looked a bit too open when Valdomiro Dionísio came free, but Ismael Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. POPULAR F.C made a substitution. Sílvio Luís Pires replaced Jean Simão. POPULAR F.C made a substitution. Frank Moyle replaced Valdomiro Dionísio. POPULAR F.C made a substitution. Váldson Tande replaced Gilson Cordeiro. Ismael Toscano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Moyle in the 63rd minute of play. In the 65th minute POPULAR F.C were awarded a corner. Mei Xun Jun went to the cornerflag to take it. Mei Xun Jun made a great header on POPULAR F.C's corner, it was just that Crisólia FBPA's Ismael Toscano managed to reach the ball for a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Moyle in the 68th minute of play forced Crisólia FBPA's goalkeeper Ismael Toscano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th minute of the match, Ernani Baiano got a very nice opportunity to score, but Pancracio Paniagua was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Crisólia FBPA's Ernani Baiano got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Crisólia FBPA made a substitution. Lucas Beltran replaced Ernani Baiano. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Moyle in the 76th minute of play forced Crisólia FBPA's goalkeeper Ismael Toscano to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 77th minute of the match POPULAR F.C got a corner. Crisólia FBPA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Mei Xun Jun ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on Crisólia FBPA's corner Ke Zhi fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pancracio Paniagua quite easily take care of the ball. Frank Moyle blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ismael Toscano having to make a save. 83 minutes into the match, Crisólia FBPA's goal looked a bit too open when Frank Moyle came free, but Ismael Toscano reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Crisólia FBPA's Ismael Toscano played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Frank Moyle in the 86th minute of play. Ismael Toscano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Frank Moyle in the 90th minute of play. Lucas Beltran could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 96th minute of the match, but Pancracio Paniagua made a huge save. Crisólia FBPA's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.