Arsenal 2 - 1 Gunners (380682844)

Overcast weather free of rain made for a crowd turnout of 74540 at Emirates Stadium today. Emilio Ortuño was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Zbigniew Głębicki and Goris Fredriksz. Arsenal started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Starters: Califano - Bucur, Hountondji, Imhof - 榮凡 (Rongfan), Pedregal, Sinthong, Leskelä, Salonranta - Campestrini, Turcza.

Gunners had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. Lineup: 康明 (Kangming) - 淮賓 (Huaibin) , Chin Yao, 儒耀 (Ruyao) - Muzzu, 如賓 (Rubin) , 平翊 (Pingyi) , Barrenechea, Koevoet - 平江 (Pingjiang) , 清斌 (Qingbin).

This was a good period for the visitors, with several opportunities to take the lead, particularly when D. Chin Yao slipped through the defence on the right to come up alone against M. Califano, but the home side's keeper showed his lightning reflexes. The incalculable J. Turcza of Arsenal did everything right as he set up J. Salonranta for a goal after 30 minutes. Unfortunately, the strike missed its target. D. Chin Yao had a good opportunity to give Gunners the lead as he charged down the right and struck the ball towards the top corner, but the home team's goalkeeper made the save. 郭. 榮凡 (Rongfan) gave Arsenal the lead as he successfully challenged the guests' central defenders, then slotted the ball into the bottom corner, giving the keeper no chance. 1 - 0 43 minutes in, Gunners's 譚. 儒耀 (Ruyao) received a yellow card for going into a challenge studs first. 李. 有清 (Youqing) was called on to replace Gunners's F. Muzzu after 44 minutes following a nasty collision. 44 minutes into the match the visitors levelled the score at 1 - 1 as 杜. 淮賓 (Huaibin) struck home from a rebound off the crossbar, following a shot from the right. Halftime score was 1 - 1. Gunners had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

Down the middle came 鐘. 如賓 (Rubin) , making a fantastic play that nearly had Gunners take the lead after 73 minutes, but M. Califano preserved the tie. After 74 minutes of play, U. Hountondji gave the home team a 2 - 1 lead after an attack coming in from the right. H. Pedregal should probably have put his team up another goal after 82 minutes, but some great goalkeeping by 郭. 康明 (Kangming) kept the visitors in the game. Coming through the middle L. Koevoet almost scored the equaliser for Gunners after 83 minutes, but M. Califano made an excellent save, tipping the awkwardly curled shot past the post. H. Pedregal left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 85 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. T. Adler was the replacement. Possession in this half belonged to Gunners, who controlled the ball 56 percent of the time.

Arsenal's best player was F. Campestrini. A. Bucur turned in a dismal performance, however. Gunners's top performer was clearly 馬. 平翊 (Pingyi) . L. Koevoet was a disappointment, however. The match ends 2 - 1.