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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Mexico's Andres-Sebastian Guardado 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. 3 minutes into the game, Adrianinho Corrêa cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Richard Murillo was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Richard Murillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ulysses Furlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. Richard Murillo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adrianinho Corrêa, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Richard Murillo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Júlio Vianna in the 12th minute of play. If Andres-Sebastian Guardado had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 14th minute Andres-Sebastian Guardado shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardinho Taffarel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 20th minute, Andres-Sebastian Guardado made a precise shot to the right of Ricardinho Taffarel. Brazil's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrianinho Corrêa in the 25th minute of play. A collision led to Brazil getting a freekick after 26 minutes play. Mateus Cruz hit a great ball. Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrianinho Corrêa in the 28th minute of play. The supporters of Mexico booed when Brazil was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Júlio Vianna didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd minute of the game Mateus Cruz made a throw-in which Nestor Veiga played forward. Richard Murillo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ulysses Furlan went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. In the 44th minute Adrianinho Corrêa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Richard Murillo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Richard Murillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Manfredo Passos in the 47th minute of the match. After the first half Brazil were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Brazil made a substitution. Emanuel Tinoco replaced Manfredo Passos. The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Emanuel Tinoco to strike the kick off in the second half. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Emanuel Tinoco in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Richard Murillo saved Mexico from getting behind. Mexico's Heriberto Lazcano was substituted for Marcelo Prejun. Richard Murillo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Emanuel Tinoco in the 61st minute of the match. 62 minutes into the match, Brazil's goal looked a bit too open when Andres-Sebastian Guardado came free, but Ricardinho Taffarel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ricardinho Taffarel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andres-Sebastian Guardado, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A nice corner shot did that Norberto Lleir got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Ricardinho Taffarel quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Mexico's Richard Murillo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 67th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. In the 68th minute, Ulysses Furlan reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Richard Murillo. The goal made the score 1-5. Mexico made a substitution. Antonio Velazquez replaced Andres-Sebastian Guardado. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Brazil's goalkeeper Ricardinho Taffarel, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Emanuel Tinoco got free with Richard Murillo in the 75th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mexico's Richard Murillo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save Mexico from getting a goal against them. Emanuel Tinoco kicked well hit freekick during the 85th minute of the match. Mexico's Richard Murillo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adrianinho Corrêa in the 90th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Adrianinho Corrêa kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Richard Murillo. That made the score 1-6 in the 90 minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Emanuel Tinoco in the 93rd minute of play forced Mexico's goalkeeper Richard Murillo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match was over Brazil could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Mexico throughout the match.