Challenge

COLISEU
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Andrei Cerbu took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 16th minute the ball was on its way in behind GLADIADORES's goalkeeper Andrei Cerbu, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 17 minutes had been played when some careless play by GLADIADORES'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. After a rather tough play, Peru's Efraim Gilabert got a free kick in the 18th minute. A hard shot 20 in the game by Sérgio Donato from a close distance when the talented Rolando Noboa managed to make a qualified save. Peru's players were relieved. When Luz Tejedor came up free with the goalie in the 26th 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 Luz Tejedor couldn't finish the play. Andrei Cerbu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Luz Tejedor in the 28th minute of play. With a little luck, Peru's Rolando Noboa got control of the ball when Anacleto Rozarius tried to sneak it across the goal line. 35 minutes into the game, Johannes Stein threw the ball into play from the sideline. Peru's Eliseo Mina quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Andrei Cerbu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 36th minute of play. Sérgio Donato could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 37th minute of the match, but Rolando Noboa made a huge save. Peru's Rolando Noboa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilson Andrade in the 45th minute of play. Walery Koprowski hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The wind increased when Julian Murillo made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anacleto Rozarius in the 51st minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, GLADIADORES's Johannes Stein got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Johannes Stein kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. Andrei Cerbu made a fantastic save in the 55th minute, when Julian Murillo sent off a good shot on target. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by GLADIADORES'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 58th minute, Peru's Julian Murillo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Andrei Cerbu. Andrei Cerbu yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-1. Andrei Cerbu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Luz Tejedor, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Erasmo Zanette made in the 69th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. GLADIADORES's Paşa Safih was substituted for Johannes Stein. The throw-in from Paşa Safih in the 74th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. In the 74th of the match, Julian Murillo tried to place the ball in the upper right corner, but Andrei Cerbu got in the way and made a wonderful save. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 75th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Andrei Cerbu saved GLADIADORES from getting behind. Anacleto Rozarius took the ball and in the 78 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. After 88 minutes of play, Peru's Julian Murillo made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Andrei Cerbu was left in no man's land by his defense there! Paşa Safih made in the 93rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Peru played a much better game than GLADIADORES and deserved their victory. The GLADIADORES players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.