Challenge

Korona Central Place
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oso Biñuela started the match with the kick off. Peru's Eliseo Mina got a good chance for a goal in the 4th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Peru's Eliseo Mina quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Domingos Peruanton, made in the 6th minute of the game. A collision led to The White Star WK getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Robert-Jan Mac Donald hit a great ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 7th minute, Luz Tejedor managed to get in a good position for a shot. Peru's supporters rose to their feet, but Luz Tejedor was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Peng Xu breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Oso Biñuela did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Rolando Noboa 9 minutes into the match. 12 minutes into the match, The White Star WK's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Peng Xu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Ovidio Frantzes in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Peng Xu showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Julian Murillo, who was totally free with the ball in the 22nd minute. 25 minutes into the match, Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Oso Biñuela. The White Star WK's Peng Xu played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Julian Murillo in the 26th minute of play. If Rafal Zagrobelny had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 31st minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peng Xu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With his leg Rolando Noboa managed to avoid a goal in the 34thth minute, when The White Star WK's Oso Biñuela fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. A sloppy throw-in by Ovidio Frantzes in the 37th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Peru's Eliseo Mina. 39 minutes into the match, The White Star WK's goal looked a bit too open when Julian Murillo came free, but Peng Xu reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peng Xu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 44 minutes into the match, Oso Biñuela 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 Oso Biñuela was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Julian Murillo to make the kick off. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oso Biñuela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Peng Xu was out of position in the 54 minute of play, and Julian Murillo capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Julian Murillo really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oso Biñuela, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Julian Murillo got free with Peng Xu in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Julian Murillo came up free with the goalie in the 74th 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. Julian Murillo could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 76th minute of the match, but Peng Xu made a huge save. 81 minutes into the match, Peru's Julian Murillo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Peng Xu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 82nd minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Peng Xu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Peng Xu showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Eliseo Mina in the 84th minute of the match. Peru's Eliseo Alcocer was substituted for Moises Gayoso. Peru made a substitution. Antonio Tenorio replaced Luz Tejedor. In the 86th minute of the match Peru got a corner. The White Star WK's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Eliseo Mina ran over to the corner to take the kick. It was a well-played corner which Joaquin Prats managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 87 minutes into the game, Peru's Joaquin Prats nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Peng Xu made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-2. Rafael Gallo recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 93rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 95 minutes into the match, Peru's Rafael Gallo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Peng Xu narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Neither set of supporters seemed pleased with the draw, but both teams had played equally well today.