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SHELSEA
Spectators: 7300 (Terracing: 5477, Seating: 1678, VIP seats: 145) SHELSEA's Armando Simão 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. Bill Phasey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Simão in the 5th minute of play. In the 7th minute Armando Simão shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bill Phasey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. CORINTHIANS-DF's Bill Phasey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save CORINTHIANS-DF from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Camilo Guillerme in the 13th minute of play forced SHELSEA's goalkeeper Osvaldo Arantes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dino Simões fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bill Phasey having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rodrigo Mendonça in the 16th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bill Phasey saved CORINTHIANS-DF from getting behind. Waldemar Corrêa's late challenge caught a CORINTHIANS-DF's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Waldemar Corrêa helped the player get up and apologised. In the 17th minute, Waldemar Corrêa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dário Queiroz charged in rather forcefully in the 26th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dário Queiroz the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to SHELSEA getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Dário Queiroz hit a great ball. Osvaldo Arantes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dariusz Treppa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Antonello Fagnani fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvaldo Arantes having to interfere. Camilo Guillerme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 30th minute. Osvaldo Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osvaldo Arantes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Antonello Fagnani went, in the 32nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Camilo Guillerme received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Osvaldo Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Osvaldo Arantes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antonello Fagnani in the 40th minute of the match. CORINTHIANS-DF's Antonello Fagnani got a good chance for a goal in the 43rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a defensive mix-up in CORINTHIANS-DF's zone, Armando Simão stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bill Phasey came out of the goal and Armando Simão tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dino Simões got free with Bill Phasey in the 48th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort.

Antonello Fagnani sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The supporters of SHELSEA booed when CORINTHIANS-DF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 54 match minutes in a wonderful position. Costică Preda didn't get a good kick on the ball. CORINTHIANS-DF's Bill Phasey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dino Simões in the 58th minute of play. When Antonello Fagnani came up free with the goalie in the 65th minute, the CORINTHIANS-DF 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 Antonello Fagnani couldn't finish the play. After having played for 67 minutes, Antonello Fagnani managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CORINTHIANS-DF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Antonello Fagnani was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Dino Simões had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Costică Preda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osvaldo Arantes having to interfere. Antonello Fagnani received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Osvaldo Arantes tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 85 minutes, Camilo Guillerme managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. CORINTHIANS-DF's supporters crossed their fingers, but Camilo Guillerme was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The supporters of SHELSEA booed when CORINTHIANS-DF was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 87 match minutes in a wonderful position. Agnaldo Dante didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bill Phasey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dino Simões, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Osvaldo Arantes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Camilo Guillerme in the 94th minute of play. Camilo Guillerme kicked well hit freekick during the 96th minute of the match. The SHELSEA fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. CORINTHIANS-DF were clearly better and deserved to take the win.