Challenge

Ricardo Bochini
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 6th minute of play forced Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's goalkeeper Ivo Tropchev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 14 minutes into the game, Åke Kihlberg threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. In the 16th minute Sergio Cesaro 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. With a little luck, Peru's Rolando Noboa got control of the ball when Wawrzyniec Sakowicz tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ivo Tropchev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 24 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Ivo Tropchev narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 27th minute, Bacary Ligier 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. After 29 minutes of play, Peru's Julian Murillo made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ivo Tropchev was left in no man's land by his defense there! 36 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ivo Tropchev. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Murillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When Julian Murillo came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Peru fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Julian Murillo couldn't finish the play. In the 46th minute, Julian Murillo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ivo Tropchev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Sergio Cesaro made a kick off. In the 51st minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ivo Tropchev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 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 52nd minute. Sergio Cesaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Luz Tejedor had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julian Murillo got free with Ivo Tropchev in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ made a substitution. Fulvio Terenzi replaced Leopoldo Artal. Åke Kihlberg hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. In the 80th minute Eustacio Mino 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. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Luis Oso, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ's Ivo Tropchev proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 86th minute of the match, managed to save Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ from getting a goal against them. Rolando Noboa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luis Oso went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Peru's Rafael Gallo was substituted for Julian Murillo. Bacary Ligier received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The Ѱ Nuevo Dragón Rojo FC Ѱ fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Peru were clearly better and deserved to take the win.