Challenge

Gran Parque Central
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Grabiel Escorcia took the kick off in the first half of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 3rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Cristiano Aveiro saved Nacional from getting behind. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nacional's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Luz Tejedor was slow to take the kick. During this time Peru's players had a chance to rest. Cristiano Aveiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Murillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. When Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia in the 14th minute got a chance for a shot 14th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Peru's goalie prevented a goal. Nacional's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Xu Sha in the 16th minute. After some careless play in the Nacional defense, Julian Murillo kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Cristiano Aveiro. The Nacional fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Cristiano Aveiro should have stopped the shot. A sloppy throw-in by Marta Minuhin in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Alonso Berganza. Alonso Berganza made in the 34th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Nacional's Grabiel Escorcia. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nacional's goalkeeper Cristiano Aveiro, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 41st minute, Grabiel Escorcia got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 47th minute Grabiel Escorcia shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Noboa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Julian Murillo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Damiano Fioravanti got a free kick in the 50th minute. Cristiano Aveiro showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquin Prats, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Grabiel Escorcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 71st minute, Grabiel Escorcia ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Rolando Noboa was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-2. Cristiano Aveiro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grabiel Escorcia in the 76th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Luz Tejedor got free with Cristiano Aveiro in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Alonso Berganza made in the 81st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Eliseo Alcocer. A sloppy throw-in by Camilo Candido in the 82nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Efraim Gilabert. Cristiano Aveiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafael Gallo in the 85th minute. Rafael Gallo had several of the Nacional's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 87 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 2-3 score and a disappointed Cristiano Aveiro as he didn't even see the shot coming. Nacional's Ranolfo Piedrahita was substituted for Joseph Gayoso. Cristiano Aveiro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rafael Gallo in the 92nd minute of play. Cristiano Aveiro made an important save on a dangerous shot by Rafael Gallo in the 94th minute. Anthony Alvarado kicked well hit freekick during the 95th minute of the match.