(MENAFN- The Peninsula) Sao Paulo SC Brazil and England's Arsenal registered resounding wins at the Al Kass Cup International.
Yesterday at Aspire Academy grounds, the Brazilian wonder kids stormed to a 5-0 victory over Paris Saint-Germain, while in the second match Arsenal put in a highly professional performance to defeat a plucky Aspire Academy team 3-0.
With both sides, Sao Paulo and PSG, having already through to the knockout phase, the outcome of the game would decide which team topped Group D.
The Brazilians were ahead within six minutes after Gustavo Dos Santos embarked on a determined run through the middle from halfway, shrugging off a series of challenges before finding Bruno Rapanelli to his left. The attacking midfielder took one touch before crossing low to Paulo Da Silva, who shot straight at keeper Valentin Pinto but made no mistake from the rebound.
Thereafter, Augusto Galvan added the second one, applying a first-time finish following a high diagonal ball from the right that wasdeftly chested into his path by Dos Santos.
But there was no stopping the Samba Sensations, who were 3-0 up on 37 minutes. Da Silva was fed down the right and, as the keeper rushed out, he crossed to Dos Santos, who gleefully headed into an open goal.
The irrepressible Brazilians went four in front five minutes before half time, when Dos Santos chested down Rapanelli's diagonal ball from wide on the right before slotting confidently past a helpless Pinto. In the 76th minute, but any hopes of a PSG mini-revival were definitively crushed the next minute when Paulo Da Silva latched on to a ball through the middle to lob the unfortunate Pinto from 20 yards.
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