Challenge

Stadio Taccona
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Michael Scofield made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute, Alexander Frabetti 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 1-0. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexander Frabetti in the 5th minute of the match. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alexander Frabetti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Alexander Frabetti's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rolando Noboa was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. 9 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fausto De Marchi. Campania Ponticelli's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Julian Murillo was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind Campania Ponticelli's goalkeeper Fausto De Marchi, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Felice Apicella's late challenge caught a Peru's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Felice Apicella helped the player get up and apologised. 25 minutes into the match, Campania Ponticelli's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Fausto De Marchi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th minute of the match Eliseo Mina sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Fausto De Marchi skillfully saved the ball. Corrado Colagrossi got a throw-in 28 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Giorgio Petrini. Peru's Rolando Noboa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 29th minute of the match, managed to save Peru from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 30th minute of play forced Campania Ponticelli's goalkeeper Fausto De Marchi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Fausto De Marchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 32nd minute of the match. 33 minutes had been played when some careless play by Campania Ponticelli'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. Fausto De Marchi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Peru's Rolando Noboa got control of the ball when Luca Toni tried to sneak it across the goal line. Campania Ponticelli's Fausto De Marchi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 44th minute of play. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Julian Murillo made a kick off. The throw-in from Corrado Colagrossi in the 54th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Joaquin Prats. 56 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fausto De Marchi narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Julian Murillo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Fausto De Marchi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Campania Ponticelli's Fausto De Marchi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Luz Tejedor in the 62nd minute of play. 63 minutes into the match, Luca Toni had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rolando Noboa. Peru's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Luca Toni was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. A sloppy throw-in by Corrado Colagrossi in the 66th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Alonso Berganza. 67 minutes into the match, Julian Murillo notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Campania Ponticelli's Fausto De Marchi. Fausto De Marchi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Michael Scofield, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 71 minutes Peru's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Corrado Colagrossi who took care of the corner kick. Campania Ponticelli's Alexander Frabetti 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. Julian Murillo's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fausto De Marchi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 74th minute of play. Fausto De Marchi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Luz Tejedor went, in the 75th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-4 was the resulting score. Peru's Antonio Tenorio was substituted for Luz Tejedor. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. Giorgio Petrini made in the 84th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Rafael Gallo in the 88th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Fausto De Marchi saved Campania Ponticelli from getting behind. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Scofield in the 92nd minute of play. Fausto De Marchi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rafael Gallo in the 94th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded Peru left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Campania Ponticelli.