National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Papi Gol started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Venezuela's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rômulo Velasco was slow to take the kick. During this time Brazil's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Marcello Quirino got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Gaztea Araña quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Venezuela's Gaztea Araña played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Papi Gol in the 7th minute of play. Papi Gol scored 0-1 in the 10th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gaztea Araña, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 13 minutes into the match, Rômulo Velasco notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Venezuela's Gaztea Araña. Gaztea Araña was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 18 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Marcello Quirino came free, but Gaztea Araña reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marcello Quirino scored 0-3 in the 21st match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Gaztea Araña, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Papi Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaztea Araña was relentless in the 25th minute of the game. The audience was convinced that Papi Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gaztea Araña was relentless in the 27th minute of the game. After 29 minutes Venezuela's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rômulo Velasco who took care of the corner kick. Rômulo Velasco made a great header on Brazil's corner, it was just that Venezuela's Gaztea Araña managed to reach the ball for a save. In the 30th minute Arano Cedeno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucimar Barcelos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute Marcello Quirino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaztea Araña saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Brazil's Lucimar Barcelos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arano Cedeno in the 40th minute of play. Papi Gol struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Gaztea Araña didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Brazil. Brazil's Lucimar Barcelos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Olmedo in the 43rd minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Denis Olmedo in the 47th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Lucimar Barcelos saved Brazil from getting behind. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.
The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Denis Olmedo was the one to do the kick off. In the 53rd minute Arano Cedeno shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucimar Barcelos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Venezuela's Gaztea Araña proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 55th minute of the match, managed to save Venezuela from getting a goal against them. Thanks to some nice moves Papi Gol could shoot a difficult shot in the 55th minute, which Gaztea Araña however easily saved by the left post. Lucimar Barcelos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Denis Olmedo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 62nd minute of the match Venezuela got a corner. Brazil's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Denis Olmedo ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Denis Olmedo got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Lucimar Barcelos quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Venezuela's Gaztea Araña played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rômulo Velasco in the 67th minute of play. Lucimar Barcelos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arano Cedeno, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. In the 72nd minute Marcello Quirino shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gaztea Araña saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Fresco Reboredo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 73rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Venezuela's Mariano Bertiz was substituted for Bernabel Canido. Venezuela made a substitution. Pedro Davalos replaced Arano Cedeno. After 80 minutes Brazil's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Denis Olmedo who took care of the corner kick. Denis Olmedo made a great header on Venezuela's corner, it was just that Brazil's Lucimar Barcelos managed to reach the ball for a save. Brazil's Lucimar Barcelos played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Denis Olmedo in the 86th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Calvin Johnson in the 94th minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Gaztea Araña to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.
The Brazil players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.
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