Challenge

The Goat House
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Karol Panasewicz kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 2nd minute of play forced Blue Mountain State's goalkeeper Robin Sharma to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rolando Noboa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hong Shi Wei in the 6th minute. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Afşar Uçuk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peru's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Luz Tejedor in the 17th minute. After taking down the ball on Peru's corner Milagros Fraga fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Robin Sharma quite easily take care of the ball. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Karol Panasewicz, who was totally free with the ball in the 19th minute. Robin Sharma showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Luz Tejedor in the 22nd minute of the match. Rolando Noboa made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Hong Shi Wei sent off a good shot on target. Rolando Noboa made a fantastic save in the 27th minute, when Afşar Uçuk sent off a good shot on target. Eliseo Mina sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 34 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Afşar Uçuk who took care of the corner kick. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Robin Sharma read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 36th minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Blue Mountain State's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Robin Sharma reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 38 minutes into the game, Eliseo Mina cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Robin Sharma was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 42nd minute, Julian Murillo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 47th minute of play. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. Robin Sharma made an important save on a dangerous shot by Milagros Fraga in the 52nd minute. After 53 minutes Blue Mountain State's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Luz Tejedor who took care of the corner kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Blue Mountain State's goalie and right to Eliseo Mina. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Blue Mountain State's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hong Shi Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karol Panasewicz in the 77th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Blue Mountain State's Gökcan Bergin was substituted for Elvio Burualla. Blue Mountain State made a substitution. Luis Vázquez replaced Hong Shi Wei. Blue Mountain State's attentive Rıfat Tanır managed to snatch the ball when Alonso Berganza made a throw-in in the 81st minute of the game. Julian Murillo might have been able to make a better finish in the 83rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Robin Sharma. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Julian Murillo ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Rafael Gallo put it in 1-4 from a short distance just to the right of Robin Sharma. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lionel-Andrés Messi in the 95th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peru's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.