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Arena Corinthians
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Arnaldo de Sousa made the kick off which started today's match. In the 3rd minute Arnaldo de Sousa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederico Novaes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Baiano in the 5th minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Frederico Novaes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benedito de Azevedo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vágner Faria in the 8th minute of play. When Vágner Faria came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Corinthians 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 Vágner Faria couldn't finish the play. 13 minutes into the match, Al-Nassr Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Edinho Correia came free, but Benedito de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo got control of the ball when Vágner Faria tried to sneak it across the goal line. Frederico Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Arnaldo de Sousa in the 16th minute of the match. In the 16th minute, Edinho Correia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Frederico Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Thomás Barreto in the 19th minute of the match. In the 21st minute, Arnaldo de Sousa ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Frederico Novaes was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The supporters of Al-Nassr Football Club booed when Corinthians was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 24 match minutes in a wonderful position. Fábio Pirani didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frederico Novaes didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Zayvius Aveo went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Frederico Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Baiano in the 36th minute of the match. Al-Nassr Football Club's Benedito de Azevedo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Al-Nassr Football Club from getting a goal against them. Frederico Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zayvius Aveo in the 40th minute of the match. Edinho Correia fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Benedito de Azevedo having to interfere. A collision led to Al-Nassr Football Club getting a freekick after 42 minutes play. Humberto Damião hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Corinthians's Vágner Faria tried to score from far away in the 43rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After 46 played minutes Al-Nassr Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Humberto Damião.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Vágner Faria was the one to do the kick off. Frederico Novaes was a little too slow when Thomás Barreto got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 51st minute. The score was now 0-3. With an all-out effort, Al-Nassr Football Club's Frederico Novaes threw himself towards the right post 56 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Zayvius Aveo, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. After 58 played minutes Al-Nassr Football Club got a freekick which was hit by Humberto Damião. Vágner Faria was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 58th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Evaristo Baiano in the 62nd minute of play forced Corinthians's goalkeeper Frederico Novaes to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Al-Nassr Football Club getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Humberto Damião hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 64th minute, Vágner Faria managed to get in a good position for a shot. Corinthians's supporters rose to their feet, but Vágner Faria was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Benedito de Azevedo breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 66th minute Edinho Correia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Benedito de Azevedo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Frederico Novaes made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Zayvius Aveo in the 70th minute of play. Humberto Damião kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. 72 minutes into the match, Corinthians's Vágner Faria sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Benedito de Azevedo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Frederico Novaes took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Zayvius Aveo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 77th minute Evaristo Baiano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frederico Novaes saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Al-Nassr Football Club's goal looked a bit too open when Vágner Faria came free, but Benedito de Azevedo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Frederico Novaes showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Evaristo Baiano in the 81st minute of the match. Edinho Correia kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. Arnaldo de Sousa scored 0-4 in the 84th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Frederico Novaes, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Evaristo Baiano had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 86th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Evaristo Baiano got free with Frederico Novaes in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Henrique Viana kicked well hit freekick during the 92nd minute of the match. The long shot by José Maria Vergílio in the 94th minute really tested Frederico Novaes's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. When the match was over Al-Nassr Football Club could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Corinthians throughout the match.