New York Arena
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28,
Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) A A Arizona's Alfredo Lopes 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. In the 3rd minute, Chico Valadares reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hu Zhen Hong. The goal made the score 1-0. Van Dijk hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. 11 minutes had been played when some careless play by A A Arizona's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Van Dijk was slow to take the kick. During this time . SC Manhattan .'s players had a chance to rest. The corner led to . SC Manhattan .'s Wilton Valladares getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. . SC Manhattan .'s Mehmet Kerem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sydney Velloso in the 22nd minute of play. Mehmet Kerem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Ramos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 31 minutes, Chico Valadares took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Hu Zhen Hong to make any attempt to save it. A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chico Valadares in the 40th minute of play. 41 minutes into the game, Sydney Velloso was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. A A Arizona's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave . SC Manhattan . the free kick. 45 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Sydney Velloso came free, but Mehmet Kerem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With his leg Hu Zhen Hong managed to avoid a goal in the 47thth minute, when . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 48th match minute, . SC Manhattan . was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wilton Valladares to maneuver through the defense. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chico Valadares was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's goal looked a bit too open when Wilton Valladares came free, but Hu Zhen Hong reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Chico Valadares's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hu Zhen Hong was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Chico Valadares's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hu Zhen Hong read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 59th minute of play. In the 60th minute Jorge Ramos shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehmet Kerem saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jorge Ramos in the 60th minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Mehmet Kerem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 62 minutes, Luiz Fábio Trigo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the A A Arizona and the . SC Manhattan . players grew even worse after the yellow card. Luiz Fábio Trigo kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of . SC Manhattan . booed when A A Arizona was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luiz Paulo de Queirós didn't get a good kick on the ball. After 65 played minutes, . SC Manhattan .'s Van Dijk shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Hu Zhen Hong came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in . SC Manhattan . reached it. In the 67thth minute of the game Chico Valadares who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 71 minutes into the match, Chico Valadares notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of A A Arizona's Hu Zhen Hong. Hu Zhen Hong was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 75 minutes had been played when some careless play by . SC Manhattan .'s defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nilson Hoffmann was slow to take the kick. During this time A A Arizona's players had a chance to rest. 80 minutes into the game, . SC Manhattan .'s Chico Valadares nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hu Zhen Hong made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-0. 84 minutes into the match, Chico Valadares had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Hu Zhen Hong. A A Arizona's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chico Valadares was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Hu Zhen Hong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Washington Netto in the 86th minute of the match. In the 87th minute, Markus Münch hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 88 minutes into the match, A A Arizona's Sydney Velloso sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mehmet Kerem narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mehmet Kerem made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sydney Velloso in the 91st minute. Nilson Hoffmann made in the 93rd minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Sydney Velloso however managed to control. For all the effort they put into the match, the A A Arizona players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for . SC Manhattan ..
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