Challenge

Estadio Nacional
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) With a little luck, Bucaspor's Nando Muslera got control of the ball when Milagros Fraga tried to sneak it across the goal line. Nando Muslera made a fantastic save in the 7th minute, when Julian Murillo sent off a good shot on target. In the 14th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bucaspor's goalkeeper Nando Muslera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gregorie Lievens sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gregorie Lievens in the 19th minute of play. Lambros Digozis made in the 23rd minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Ahmet Yahya Ülkümen. 24 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Gregorie Lievens came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gregorie Lievens's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Rolando Noboa read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 25th minute of play. Bozkurt Avşaroğlu received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Rolando Noboa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Peru's Alonso Berganza quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Lambros Digozis, made in the 29th minute of the game. In the 30th minute the ball was on its way in behind Bucaspor's goalkeeper Nando Muslera, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 31st minute of the match Peru got a corner. Bucaspor'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. The corner led Peru's Alonso Berganza to fire away a dangerous shot which Nando Muslera despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. In the 36th minute Gregorie Lievens 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. Nando Muslera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 37th minute of the match. 38 minutes had been played when some careless play by Bucaspor'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. A nice corner shot did that Eliseo Mina got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Nando Muslera quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 46th minute of the game Anthony Alvarado made a throw-in which Moises Gayoso played forward. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gregorie Lievens made a kick off. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Julian Murillo in the 56th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Nando Muslera saved Bucaspor from getting behind. In the 59th minute, Milagros Fraga left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Nando Muslera made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julian Murillo in the 62nd minute of play. In the 65th minute, Julian Murillo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Peru fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. Nando Muslera took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Julian Murillo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rolando Noboa made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Gregorie Lievens sent off a good shot on target. Peru made a substitution. Rafael Gallo replaced Julian Murillo. The throw-in from Eligijus Abakevičius in the 82nd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Bucaspor's Nando Muslera played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rafael Gallo in the 84th minute of play. Milagros Fraga received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 86th minute. Nando Muslera tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rafael Gallo in the 91st minute of play forced Bucaspor's goalkeeper Nando Muslera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer took a good shot, in the 93rd minute, which hit the crossbar above Nando Muslera's head, and flew over the goal. Bucaspor's manager was very thankful on the sidelines as his team had managed to keep the ball out of the net after some serious pressure by Peru. Peru walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.