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Miami Freedom Park
Spectators: 7650 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1500, VIP seats: 150) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Ronny Cummins kicked off to start the match. Monty Pepper showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elder Arantes in the 4th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 8 minutes, Elder Arantes put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Monty Pepper. Elder Arantes struck a weak shot in the 11th minute. Monty Pepper didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Club Internacional Miami. Vernon Jarrell kicked well hit freekick during the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Elder Arantes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Monty Pepper was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. In the 23rdth minute of the game Elder Arantes who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but INTER MIAMI's Monty Pepper was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Raúl Berger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronny Cummins in the 29th minute of play. Alvin Fields was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 31 minutes into the match. After 31 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for INTER MIAMI! Von Garland shot the penalty kick right outside the post. Club Internacional Miami's Elder Arantes got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After having played for 37 minutes, Erik Meza managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Club Internacional Miami's supporters crossed their fingers, but Erik Meza was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Monty Pepper made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Elder Arantes sent off a good shot on target. Robby Fairchild hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. 46 minutes into the match, INTER MIAMI's goalkeeper Monty Pepper had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elder Arantes. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Geoffrey Chamberlain was the one to do the kick off. A collision led to Club Internacional Miami getting a freekick after 51 minutes play. Von Garland hit a great ball. INTER MIAMI's Monty Pepper played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Elder Arantes in the 56th minute of play. Toby Baxter's late challenge caught a Club Internacional Miami's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Toby Baxter helped the player get up and apologised. After 57 played minutes INTER MIAMI got a freekick which was hit by Toby Baxter. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Elder Arantes sped through INTER MIAMI's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Monty Pepper. In the 67th minute Elder Arantes shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Monty Pepper saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Monty Pepper stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Elder Arantes's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Elder Arantes scored 3-0 in the 69th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Monty Pepper, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Monty Pepper made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Geoffrey Chamberlain in the 72nd minute of play. After 73 minutes of play, Club Internacional Miami's Elder Arantes made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Monty Pepper was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Von Garland fell near the penalty area in the 77th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Club Internacional Miami's protests and gave Von Garland a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of INTER MIAMI booed when Club Internacional Miami was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Von Garland didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute, Roland Fair got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Elder Arantes in the 80th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Monty Pepper prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 83rd minute, Elder Arantes made a precise shot to the right of Monty Pepper. INTER MIAMI's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. Vernon Jarrell kicked well hit freekick during the 89th minute of the match. In the 90th minute, Elder Arantes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Club Internacional Miami fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. There was no doubt that Club Internacional Miami were the better team. Club Internacional Miami's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.