Challenge

Beltrán Montenegro
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, 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. Ramiro Enrique started the match with the kick off. Ramiro Enrique's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 4thth minute, Rolando Noboa skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The throw-in from Alexis Maldonado in the 5th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Ediberto Righi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 11th minute of the match. Ediberto Righi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Julian Murillo in the 12th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Julian Murillo's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ediberto Righi was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. When Peru's Julian Murillo, in the 12th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for Peru. With a little luck, Peru's Rolando Noboa got control of the ball when Jorge Jiménez tried to sneak it across the goal line. A well-hit corner resulted in Jorge Jiménez heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 21 minutes into the game, Ramiro Enrique cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Rolando Noboa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 25th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ediberto Righi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ramiro Enrique. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julian Murillo in the 33rd minute of play forced lןןl La Coconeta's goalkeeper Ediberto Righi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Peru booed when lןןl La Coconeta was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alejandro Cabrera didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 39th minute Julian Murillo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ediberto Righi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Rolando Noboa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from José Luis Sánchez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Julian Murillo was the one to do the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, José Luis Sánchez cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Rolando Noboa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. lןןl La Coconeta made a substitution. Guido Alvarenga replaced José Luis Sánchez. Alexis Maldonado made in the 59th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Javier Zanetti immediately put the ball in play. Rolando Noboa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ramiro Enrique in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, lןןl La Coconeta's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Mina came free, but Ediberto Righi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rolando Noboa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jorge Jiménez in the 68th minute of the match. 75 minutes into the match, Peru's goal looked a bit too open when Guido Alvarenga came free, but Rolando Noboa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. lןןl La Coconeta's Josemir Lujambio was substituted for Ramiro Enrique. The throw-in from Alexis Maldonado in the 79th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Peru's Eliseo Mina. Peru made a substitution. Eliseo Alcocer replaced Moises Gayoso. A throw-in in the 82nd minute of the game was made by Alexis Maldonado with Alejandro Cabrera as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. In the 84th minute Rafael Gallo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ediberto Righi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Guido Alvarenga in the 89th minute of play forced Peru's goalkeeper Rolando Noboa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Antonio Tenorio took a quick shot and it went in 2-1 without a chance for Ediberto Righi to make any attempt to save it. Rolando Noboa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jorge Jiménez, who was totally free with the ball in the 93rd minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The lןןl La Coconeta fans cheered their team off the field, for while Peru had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.