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Mechongué
Spectators: 6653 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1653, VIP seats: 0) Arsenal's Rafael Alonso 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. The audience was convinced that Oscar Cordarrel's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Efrain Bernard was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. After 22 minutes, Marco Ariando mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Arsenal and the Cheby F.C players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 22nd match minute, Arsenal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Marco Ariando to maneuver through the defense. When Cheby F.C's Oscar Cordarrel in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Arsenal's goalie prevented a goal. The supporters of Cheby F.C booed when Arsenal was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Norberto Dimo didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Benjamin Mel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Oscar Cordarrel might have been able to make a better finish in the 37th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Efrain Bernard. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Oscar Cordarrel ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 38thth minute of the game Oscar Cordarrel who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Arsenal's Efrain Bernard was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Oscar Cordarrel in the 41st minute of play forced Arsenal's goalkeeper Efrain Bernard to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Oscar Cordarrel'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. Oscar Cordarrel helped the player get up and apologised. Oscar Cordarrel hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Flavio Stanislao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Alonso in the 46th minute of play. 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 hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Oscar Cordarrel to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 51st match minute, Arsenal was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Basilio Harkaitz to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Oscar Cordarrel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Efrain Bernard. That made the score 1-1 in the 59 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marco Ariando in the 63rd minute of play forced Cheby F.C's goalkeeper Flavio Stanislao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benjamin Mel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 66th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 68 minutes, Benjamin Mel put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Efrain Bernard. Efrain Bernard took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Cordarrel, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 80 minutes into the match, Cheby F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Rafael Alonso came free, but Flavio Stanislao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Arsenal getting a freekick after 94 minutes play. Leon Ralondo hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Cheby F.C's Alfonso Nerio tried to score from far away in the 95th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The Cheby F.C players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.