Friendly League

Emirates Stadium
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elias Siqueira took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute Elias Siqueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4th minute Elias Siqueira shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Luiz Fabiano Sarmento fell near the penalty area in the 5th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Arsenal de Gols F.C's protests and gave Luiz Fabiano Sarmento a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Arsenal de Gols F.C's Luiz Fabiano Sarmento got a free kick in the 5th minute. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by New England Minas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luiz Fabiano Sarmento was slow to take the kick. During this time Arsenal de Gols F.C's players had a chance to rest. The corner led to Arsenal de Gols F.C's Fábio Secco getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Marcelo Gröhe made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Silva in the 25th minute of play. In the 25th minute Edgardo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marcelo Gröhe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 27 minutes, Elias Siqueira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Arsenal de Gols F.C's supporters crossed their fingers, but Elias Siqueira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 31 played minutes Arsenal de Gols F.C got a freekick which was hit by Krisztián Kormos. 33 minutes into the match, Arsenal de Gols F.C's goal looked a bit too open when Edgardo Silva came free, but Marcelo Gröhe reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Krisztián Kormos hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, New England Minas's Glen Conklin got a free kick in the 40th minute. If Elias Siqueira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Edgardo Silva scored 0-1 in the 56th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marcelo Gröhe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. New England Minas's Tio Lio was substituted for Alperen Öksüz. Marcelo Gröhe showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Silva in the 63rd minute of the match. Arsenal de Gols F.C made a substitution. Jan-Joost Grootjans replaced Betão Duarte. Arsenal de Gols F.C made a substitution. Raimundo Alvarenga replaced Elias Siqueira. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 70th minute of play forced Arsenal de Gols F.C's goalkeeper Marcelo Gröhe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After taking down the ball on New England Minas's corner Glen Conklin fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marcelo Gröhe quite easily take care of the ball. Jeremy Nicholas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raimundo Alvarenga in the 74th minute of play. Krisztián Kormos made in the 80th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Raimundo Alvarenga immediately put the ball in play. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jan-Joost Grootjans in the 90th minute of the match. After 91 minutes New England Minas's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luiz Fabiano Sarmento who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Raimundo Alvarenga got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jeremy Nicholas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Raimundo Alvarenga put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Jeremy Nicholas. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.