Challenge

P. Alexandru Arena
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Julian Murillo kicked off to start the match. Felix Leahu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 3rd minute of the match. In the 4th minute Peru were awarded a corner. Luz Tejedor went to the cornerflag to take it. In the 5th minute of the match Peru got a corner. F.C. YKE's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Luz Tejedor ran over to the corner to take the kick. Eliseo Mina made a great header on Peru's corner, it was just that F.C. YKE's Felix Leahu managed to reach the ball for a save. Felix Leahu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Felix Leahu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 10th minute of the match. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodri Gol in the 12th minute of play. Felix Leahu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 20th minute of play. Traian Brăiloiu took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Rolando Noboa. Rolando Noboa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. A sloppy throw-in by Beppe Ciccone in the 30th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Eliseo Mina. The audience was convinced that Rodri Gol's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 32nd minute of the game. After 35 minutes, Twan van Nistelrooij made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Peru's Rolando Noboa tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. 40 minutes into the game, Peru's Julian Murillo nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Felix Leahu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodri Gol in the 46th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 46th minute, Rodri Gol reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Rolando Noboa. The goal made the score 3-2. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Rodri Gol to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Rodri Gol 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, F.C. YKE's Felix Leahu got control of the ball when Julian Murillo tried to sneak it across the goal line. 57 minutes had been played when some careless play by F.C. YKE'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. In the 62nd minute, Julian Murillo 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 having played for 65 minutes, Julian Murillo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Peru's supporters crossed their fingers, but Julian Murillo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Twan van Nistelrooij in the 66th minute of play. Peru's attentive Eliseo Mina managed to snatch the ball when Beppe Ciccone made a throw-in in the 67th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Twan van Nistelrooij in the 69th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Julian Murillo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Felix Leahu was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 79th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Felix Leahu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rodri Gol, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 82 minutes into the game, Julian Murillo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Felix Leahu. Julian Murillo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 3-4. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. F.C. YKE's Felix Leahu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gallo in the 91st minute of play. Felix Leahu came out of the goal in the 91st minute to try and stop a shot by Peru's Rafael Gallo. But to his dismay, Rafael Gallo quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-6. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Silviu Dumitrana in the 95th minute of play. After 97 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Twan van Nistelrooij who took care of the corner kick. F.C. YKE's Twan van Nistelrooij was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Rolando Noboa in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the referee blew the final whistle jeers and boos were heard from the home team's supporters. They were angered to see F.C. YKE lose a match they had controlled from the kick-off.