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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Mizael E. C.'s Benê Torres started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Breno Melo's late challenge caught a Arsenal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Breno Melo helped the player get up and apologised. In the 8th minute Breno Melo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rui Seco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Enio Furtado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Frank Luz came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the Arsenal 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 Frank Luz couldn't finish the play. Frank Luz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 14th minute. Fernandão Xavier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Júlio Lago struck a weak shot in the 16th minute. Fernandão Xavier didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arsenal. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 21st minute of the game. One of Mizael E. C.:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Arsenal:s goal. When the match had been going on for 23 minutes, Arsenal's Frank Luz got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Fernandão Xavier. If Júlio Lago had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 28th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rui Seco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Breno Melo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jerônimo Leme's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fernandão Xavier read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 33rd minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Frank Luz in the 35th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Fernandão Xavier prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Frank Luz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Júlio Lago received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Fernandão Xavier tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 42nd minute the ball was on its way in behind Mizael E. C.'s goalkeeper Fernandão Xavier, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Afonsinho Bezerra's late challenge caught a Arsenal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Afonsinho Bezerra helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Mizael E. C. getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Afonsinho Bezerra hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Frank Luz stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Benê Torres's late challenge caught a Arsenal's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benê Torres helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Arsenal booed when Mizael E. C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 56 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benê Torres didn't get a good kick on the ball. 57 minutes into the match, Frank Luz had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernandão Xavier. Mizael E. C.'s manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Frank Luz was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. In the 66th minute, Benê Torres reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rui Seco. The goal made the score 3-1. After 72 minutes Mizael E. C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frank Luz who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Frédson Bertassi got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fernandão Xavier quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 74 minutes Mizael E. C.'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Frank Luz who took care of the corner kick. Frank Luz made a great header on Arsenal's corner, it was just that Mizael E. C.'s Fernandão Xavier managed to reach the ball for a save. Douglas Bertassi hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Fernandão Xavier made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jerônimo Leme in the 79th minute of play. Rui Seco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Benê Torres in the 81st minute of play. In the 82ndth minute of the game Frank Luz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Mizael E. C.'s Fernandão Xavier was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Bebeto Paraibano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Frank Luz in the 85th minute of play forced Mizael E. C.'s goalkeeper Fernandão Xavier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Arsenal's Júlio Lago got a good chance for a goal in the 89th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, Arsenal's Rui Seco got control of the ball when Breno Melo tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 96th match minute, Mizael E. C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dinei Abreu to maneuver through the defense. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Arsenal fully deserved thier win.